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FTC Describes its Oversight of Consumer Reporting Agencies’ Data Security Practices In Testimony before House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee

Date

March 26, 2019

Testifying before a House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee, the Federal Trade Commission described its role in overseeing the data security practices of consumer reporting agencies (CRAs). In...

Federal Register Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Information Furnishers Rule)

Date

March 19, 2019

Cases and Proceedings

RealPage, Inc.

Type of Action

Federal

Last Updated

October 16, 2018

FTC Matter/File Number

152 3059

Press Release

FTC Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee on Fair Credit Reporting Act

Date

July 12, 2018

The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee that enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) remains a top priority, and...

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission: The Fair Credit Reporting Act, Credit Bureaus, and Data Security, Before the Committee On Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate

Date

July 12, 2018

Maneesha Mithal, Associate Director

Matter Number

P180101

Text of the Commission Testimony (121.23 KB)

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Auto Lender Will Pay $5.5 Million to Settle FTC Charges It Harassed Consumers, Collected Amounts They Did Not Owe

Date

May 29, 2014

A national subprime auto lender will pay more than $5.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company used illegal tactics to service and collect consumers’ loans, including...

Report

Economics at the FTC: Physician Acquisitions, Standard Essential Patents, and Accuracy of Credit Reporting

Date

November 1, 2013

Economists at the Federal Trade Commission pursue the agency’s competition and consumer protection missions. In this year’s essay, with respect to antitrust we discuss the analysis that is used in two...

Economics at the FTC: Physician Acquisitions, Standard Essential Patents, and Accuracy of Credit Reporting (505.26 KB)

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FTC Tells House Panel that Enforcing the Fair Credit Reporting Act Remains a Priority of the Agency

Date

September 13, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission told a House subcommittee that strong enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) remains a top priority for the FTC, and that the agency is committed to educating...

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FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Brief Supporting the Constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Date

May 8, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission has joined the Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in filing a memorandum brief in support of the constitutionality of the Fair Credit...

Press Release

FTC Warns Marketers That Mobile Apps May Violate Fair Credit Reporting Act

Date

February 7, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission warned marketers of six mobile applications that provide background screening apps that they may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The FTC warned the apps...

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FTC Issues Report: "Forty Years of Experience with the Fair Credit Reporting Act"

Date

July 20, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission today issued a staff report, that compiles and updates the agency’s guidance on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the 1970 law designed to protect the privacy of...

Report

40 Years of Experience with the Fair Credit Reporting Act: An FTC Staff Report with Summary of Interpretations

Date

July 1, 2011

Text of Commission Report (1.01 MB)

Press Release

Announced Actions for September 12, 1997

Date

September 12, 1997

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has ruled on an application for approval of a transaction from the following: The FTC has...

Report

The Federal Trade Commission 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update

The Federal Trade Commission 2023 Privacy and Data Security Update (1.08 MB)

Business Blog

Whose life?! MyLife charged with creating misleading background reports

Date

July 27, 2020

As adage-writers go, whoever penned, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” should have looked for another line of work. And, the writer should have hoped that...

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