Can a business owner approach my boss about my account if it hasn’t been sent to collections?
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Can a business owner approach my boss about my account if it hasn’t been sent to collections?
Basically the owner shared my account info and balance to my boss and now it is causing stress to me as my boss is bugging me about it.
Asked on April 11, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Oregon
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
From what you have written, the business owner can contact your employer about money owed. The issue is whether or not such is legal. Since the business owner is not a third party debt collection company and you owe the debt, I see nothing legally impermissible over what transpired.
However for your employer to have been contacted about the debt you owe does not seem to have been a wise thing from a business perspective by the person you owe money to.
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