§ 380-m. Civil liability for negligent noncompliance. Any consumer reporting agency or user of information who or which is negligent in failing to comply with any requirement imposed under this article, other than a violation of section three hundred eighty-t of this article, with respect to any consumer is liable to that consumer in an amount equal to the sum of:

Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 380-M

  • consumer: means an individual. See N.Y. General Business Law 380-A
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

(a) Any actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the failure;

(b) In the case of any successful action to enforce any liability under this section, the costs of the action together with reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.