Business Information: CreditConsumer Reports
Facts For Business
- Businesses Must Provide Victims and Law Enforcement with Transaction Records Relating to Identity Theft [PDF]
- Consumer Reports: What Insurers Should Know
[PDF]
Outlines compliance requirements for insurers who use consumer reports to underwrite insurance policies and to screen high-risk applicants.
- Credit Reports: What Information Providers Need To Know
[PDF]
Outlines compliance requirements for those who report information about consumers to consumer reporting agencies.
- Using Consumer Reports: What Employers Need to Know
[PDF]
Outlines compliance requirements when you hire new employees, and when you evaluate employees for promotion, reassignment, and retention.
- Using Consumer Reports: What Landlords Need to Know
[PDF]
Outlines compliance requirements for landlords who use consumer reports to evaluate rental applications.
Business Alerts
- Disposing of Consumer Report Information? New Rule Tells How
[PDF]
Informs covered businesses of their responsibilities under the FTC’s Consumer Report Disposal Rule.
- New ‘Red Flag’ Requirements for Financial Institutions and Creditors Will Help Fight Identity Theft [PDF]
Learn about regulations (the Red Flags Rules) requiring financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement written identity theft prevention programs. 8.5"x11", 2 pages.
Legal Resources
- Guidance Documents: Credit
Includes rules and acts.