Re:I Got Access to My Secret Consumer Score
by justin66 on Monday November 04, 2019 @10:08AM
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> Aren't the credit reporting laws pretty strictly scoped to making decisions about loans?
Absolutely not. The Fair Credit Reporting Act is one of the laws governing background checks for hiring (in addition to credit reporting), for example.
(and if it comes out that the reports referenced in the article were used by someone somewhere to reach a hiring decision, I expect lawsuits will quickly follow)
Absolutely not. The Fair Credit Reporting Act is one of the laws governing background checks for hiring (in addition to credit reporting), for example.
(and if it comes out that the reports referenced in the article were used by someone somewhere to reach a hiring decision, I expect lawsuits will quickly follow)