<prompt> Human: Heres the story. Were buying a home. We got pre-approved with lender A, we made an offer, it was accepted. Home inspection was done, and then we were just waiting on the appraisal to be done which our loan officer Kate told us she was working on. A few days later we get a fedex package. Its a loan application from lender B who we have never heard of or worked with ever. Disturbingly, its prefilled with all of our financial info. I call Kate, she sounds embarrassed, says Oh yeah, was going to call you today, I dont work at Lender A anymore, but lender B will give you the exact same deal and rate, I promise.Unbeknownst to us, she had given our info to lender B a week prior which we found out when we received a notice in the mail that our credit had been pulled by this new lender. It took a couple days for all this to sink in, but were feeling pretty violated at this point. A new loan officer from lender A contacted us, we told him what happened and hes basically telling us to ignore all communication from lender B. The fact is, a former employee from his company took our personal financial info with her when she quit, gave it to god knows who and no one is acknowledging or taking responsibility for any wrong-doing. On top of that, lender B had an appraisal done which they are demanding we pay for since we decided not to get our loan through them. We just feel like were being jerked around and are wondering what kind of recourse we have. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Were in Oregon. Update: Wow, theres a lot of great advice here, exactly what we were looking for. Ill update when we decide which course of action to take. :Update 2: We are so appreciative of all the advice you guys have given. We posted on here with the hope that we could at least get pointed in the right direction, and you guys have gone above and beyond that. We decided to go ahead and contact an attorney. If nothing else, we will at least be filing complaints with the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities and a couple other institutions that were recommended. Ill keep updating as I get more info, and well keep listening to suggestions. Thank you!  <response>: rlegaladvice would probably be a good place to post this. 