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NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / June 26, 2025 / When inaccurate or outdated collection accounts show up on a credit ...
The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a federal law that went into effect in 1970. Its main job is to make sure your personal credit information is handled fairly and accurately by credit bureaus ...
The Fair Credit Billing Act is often compared to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Both are designed to protect consumers from bad credit practices, but the purpose of each law is different.
Businesses need to follow the consumer protection rules of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when engaging in employee surveillance, which includes background reports about employees produced by ...
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The Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York. The number of lawsuits filed under the Fair Credit Reporting Act has spiked in recent years, often by plaintiffs representing themselves and ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to propose new regulations that would require data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In a speech at the White House earlier this ...
In 2015, the CFPB ordered a medical debt collection company that mismanaged consumer credit reporting disputes to provide $5.4 million in relief and pay a $500,000 penalty.
In a unanimous slip opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) waives sovereign immunity and that the federal government can be liable for incorrect debt ...