The Fair Credit Reporting Act protects your interests by governing how credit reporting agencies gather, protect and share your information. The FCRA includes provisions about who can request your ...

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 ...

Since its introduction in 1970, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has made it possible for consumers to access their credit scores and reports. Before this act, only creditors, businesses and ...

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, right? That advice may be good for life in general, but it's not so good for running credit inquiries.

It probably doesn’t seem fair, but you can’t control who collects information about your credit management habits. There’s not much you can do to control who buys your personal information ...

Passed in 1970, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law that was established to protect the fairness, accuracy, and privacy of the personal information collected and reported by ...

At the center of this crisis is the Social Security number, still the primary credential used to apply for credit.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a federal law enacted in the United States that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer credit information.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act was enacted in October 1970, just as consumer credit was exploding -- and so was the power of the private companies that keep track of consumers' payment behavior.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act provides a model for showing that the rights and needs of consumers should not continue to be ignored in our system for mortgage servicing, writes Peter Swire.

Prior to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which became law 52 years ago, on Oct. 26, 1970, there was no guarantee of fairness, accuracy, or privacy when it came to how credit bureaus dealt with your ...

Audrey Chastain, Joseph Kroeger P.C. On January 29, 2019, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a prospective employer does not satisfy the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (“FCRA”) stand ...