Experian, the $40 billion credit monitoring company, has asked a U.S. judge to force WhatsApp to provide users’ call and message records to aid it in fighting separate lawsuits, according to court records obtained by Forbes.
In February, Experian sent two subpoenas to WhatsApp, asking for information that included all phone numbers and call and message logs of eight individuals during a specific period of time. The data requests are part of two suits where Experian is fighting claims its reports led to people being unfairly rejected from mortgage applications. The company’s lawyers suspect the numbers were used by individuals who conspired to produce a faked letter from a loan provider explaining why Experian’s credit reporting was responsible for the mortgage rejections.
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Source: Forbes