Fair Credit Reporting Amendments of 1975, Hearings Before the Subcmmittee on Consumer Affairs of ..., 94-1 on S.1840 ..., October 22, 23, 29 and November 18, 1975 |
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... concerning the need for amendment of the FCRA . My comments today will touch on the more important pro- posed amendments to the act and indicate several revisions . However , I wish to preface my comments by stating my unqualified ...
... concerning the need for amendment of the FCRA . My comments today will touch on the more important pro- posed amendments to the act and indicate several revisions . However , I wish to preface my comments by stating my unqualified ...
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... concerning one's personal affairs . In order to make a truly informed decision to permit the collection and dissemination of such information , the consumer must know what type of informa- tion will be sought as well as the manner in ...
... concerning one's personal affairs . In order to make a truly informed decision to permit the collection and dissemination of such information , the consumer must know what type of informa- tion will be sought as well as the manner in ...
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... concerning their rejection . Additionally , the require- ment that the source of the adverse information be identified is a much needed one . It does consumers little good to be told there is adverse information concerning them if he or ...
... concerning their rejection . Additionally , the require- ment that the source of the adverse information be identified is a much needed one . It does consumers little good to be told there is adverse information concerning them if he or ...
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... concerning policy planning and decisions within the Commission on how to allocate our enforcement resources . In these discussions and in many other areas , the issue of consumer complaints comes up . The Commission had on occasion been ...
... concerning policy planning and decisions within the Commission on how to allocate our enforcement resources . In these discussions and in many other areas , the issue of consumer complaints comes up . The Commission had on occasion been ...
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... concerning their rejection . Additionally , the require- ment that the source of the adverse information be identified is a much needed one . It does consumers little good to be told there is adverse information concerning them if he or ...
... concerning their rejection . Additionally , the require- ment that the source of the adverse information be identified is a much needed one . It does consumers little good to be told there is adverse information concerning them if he or ...
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Popular passages
Page 625 - There may be narrower scope for operation of the presumption of constitutionality when legislation appears on its face to be within a specific prohibition of the Constitution, such as those of the first ten amendments, which are deemed equally specific when held to be embraced within the Fourteenth.
Page 624 - And the guaranty of due process, as has often been held, demands only that the law shall not be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious, and that the means selected shall have a real and substantial relation to the object sought to be attained.
Page 631 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 513 - ... invasion of privacy, or negligence with respect to the reporting of information against any consumer reporting agency, any user of information, or any person who furnishes information to a consumer reporting agency, based on information disclosed pursuant to section 609, 610, or 615, except as to false information furnished with malice or willful intent to injure such consumer.
Page 24 - This title does not annul, alter, affect, or exempt any person subject to the provisions of this title from complying with the laws of any State with respect to the collection, distribution or use of any information on consumers, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision of this title, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency".
Page 631 - B. intends to use the information for employment purposes; or C. intends to use the information in connection with the underwriting of insurance involving the consumer; or D. intends to use the information in connection with a determination of the consumer's eligibility for a license or other benefit granted by a governmental instrumentality required by law to consider an applicant's financial responsibility or status; or E. otherwise has a legitimate business need for the information in connection...
Page 711 - ... and record the current status of that information unless It has reasonable grounds to believe that the dispute by the consumer is frivolous or irrelevant.
Page 27 - ... consumer's credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used or expected to be used or collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for (1) credit or insurance to be used primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, or (2) employment purposes, or (3) other purposes authorized under section 604.
Page 625 - But the liberty safeguarded is liberty in a social organization which requires the protection of law against the evils which menace the health, safety, morals and welfare of the people. Liberty under the Constitution is thus necessarily subject to the restraints of due process, and regulation which is reasonable in relation to its subject and is adopted in the interests of the community is due process.
Page 667 - These procedures shall require that prospective users of the information identify themselves, certify the purposes for which the information is sought, and certify that the information will be used for no other purpose.