The following are some of the responsibilities that Source One Associates, Inc. and Easton have on individuals and businesses, which were the targets on this information. Easton was responsible for daily operations. The customer requests from persons in Massachusetts seeking other financial information and bank account about the named businesses and individuals were received by Source One. Easton’s work was to check on the information acquired from credit reports and identify financial institution and banks that the search targets held accounts. They would then phone these institutions and banks to find out the balances in the search targets’ accounts, Easton access this information by impersonating either the target account holders or the security officers of such financial institutions. Source One would then be given this information for a fee by the Easton (Cross, 2011).

Question two

The clients of Easton and Source One Associates, Inc. had the responsibility of paying and hiring source one to acquire financial information from third parties. They would also provide source one with a facsimile document that contained only the last known address, social security number and the search target’s name. Though they did not know how Source One obtain this information about the bank account and other financial information, Amaral’s did not obtain the consent or inform the search targets of the search (Cross, 2006).

Question three

Obtaining targets credit reports was Easton’s first step to acquire financial information. They use their privileges as customers of accredit agency through Equifax. To curb this Equifax was terminated after a consumer complaint. Thus, it was concluded that defendant’s use of credit reports was questionable. The reason for obtaining credit reports by the defendants was falsely represented.

Within the meaning of general laws, the commonwealth failed to provide or show any unfair, deceptive conduct or violation of federal statutes as indicated by the defendants. The major remedy will be imposition of penalties to the defendants, though this depends on the circumstances under which research was conducted (Cross, 2011).

References

Cross, F., Miller, R. (2006). West’s Legal Environment of Business. Cengage Learning

Cross, F., Miller, R. (2011). The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases: Ethical, Regulatory, Global, and Corporate Issues. Cengage Learning