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FTC Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Fair Credit Reporting Act

Testifying on behalf of the Commission at a hearing on credit bureaus and the FCRA, Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director of the FTC’s Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, noted that the Commission has played a key role in the implementation, enforcement, and interpretation of the FCRA since its enactment in 1970. The FCRA requires consumer […]

Credit problems may hinder job search

According to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, 60% of private employers check the credit histories of some of their job applicants, and 13% check the histories of all potential hires.  https://www.tcpalm.com/story/specialty-publications/your-news/martin-county/reader-submitted/2018/06/07/credit-problems-may-hinder-job-search-wealth-management/681814002/

Congress just made credit freezes free

http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/22/pf/free-credit-freeze/index.html The new legislation will make placing, lifting, and permanently removing freezes free no matter where you live. It also requires consumer rating companies to fulfill your request within one business day if made online or over the phone, and within three business days if requested by mail. The changes will take effect about […]

This bill could weaken the protection of a credit freeze

If the bill becomes a law, it will offer weaker protections against identity theft, replacing stronger ones currently dictated by individual states. And, as if that were not enough, it would also provide service members an inadequate right to credit monitoring, while paving the way for Equifax and the other national credit bureaus to […]