Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a United States government agency that enforces the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regulating consumer reports – has released an “Outline of Proposals and Alternatives Under Consideration for Consumer Reporting Rulemaking” for future FCRA Rulemaking. “Consumer reporting agencies collect and…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn “A newly announced FTC case is a reminder that if you use keywords to promote your product for uses covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), it’s time to step right up and pay attention to the FCRA’s consumer protections,” according to a Business Blog on the website…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is requiring two “background report providers” to pay $5.8 million to settle charges that they allegedly violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by, among other things, failing to ensure the maximum possible accuracy of their consumer reports, according to an FTC press…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn ClearStar, a leading global background screening provider, will help the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) celebrate its 20th anniversary by having one of its drug testing experts speak at the 2023 PBSA Annual Conference taking place in Grapevine, Texas, from September 10, 2023, to September 12, 2023. Todd…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade organization that represents the background screening industry – will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its existence at the 2023 PBSA Annual Conference taking place in Grapevine, Texas, from Sunday, September 10, 2023, to Tuesday, September 12, 2023. “The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 15, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) filed a brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to overturn an Appeals Court decision in USDA Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz that civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 15, 2023, the White House under United States President Joe Biden convened a roundtable “on how the data broker industry monetizes personal information and actions the Administration is taking to address potential harms to American consumers,” according to a statement released by the White House. The…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – a U.S. Government agency that enforces the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) – plans to propose rules to regulate “data brokers” that track, collect, and monetize information about people under the FCRA, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra announced on August 15,…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn A report titled “Second Chance Employment: Addressing Concerns About Negligent Hiring Liability” provides crucial information and aims to alleviate concerns about negligent hiring liability so employers can safely tap into an expanded talent pool of qualified job-seekers that include ex-offenders with a past criminal record. The report produced…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is offering guidance for landlords, property managers, and other housing providers who may run background checks on prospective tenants that can include rental and eviction history, credit history, criminal records, and more in a blog titled “Tenant background check reports” on the FTC website.…
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