The Big Three credit agencies are juggling roughly 2.6 billion data entries apiece, at any given time. With over 1 billion modifications to those entries each month, “[s]peed and volume are favored over accuracy.” Aaron Klein of the Brookings Institute writes, the “costs of correcting the data outweigh benefits,” leading to millions of errors on […]
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Industry watch groups are calling on Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) to withdraw proposed legislation that would limit “remedies for consumers who are victims of credit reporting abuses.” A congressional subcommittee met to consider the legislation last Friday as news broke of Equifax’s massive data breach. Rep. Loudermilk’s legislation could drastically limit consumers’ recourse against the […]
Responding to news of Equifax’s huge data breach, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers guidelines for consumers to protect themselves. The FTC suggests that consumers take proactive measures, such as checking their credit reports (available to consumers at annualcreditreport.com), and monitoring “existing credit card and bank accounts closely for charges you don’t recognize.” Read FTC article […]
This is part four of a four-part series that looks at how inaccurate credit reporting is being fought by attorneys, the CFPB, and state AGs. CFPB Nails Credit Repair Doctors: The credit bureaus not only make mistakes, they fail to conduct adequate reinvestigations of disputes or remove inaccurate information. Instead of complying with these FCRA […]
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