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The FCRA establishes rights and responsibilities for ?consumers,? ?furnishers,? and ?users? of credit reports: Consumers are individuals. Furnishers are entities that send information to CRAs regarding creditworthiness in the normal course of business.

A credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance, or employment ? or to take another adverse action against you ? must tell you, and must give you the name, address, and phone number of the agency that provided the information.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) mandates that when a business pulls a credit report on someone, they must specify the reason, such as: In conjunction with a loan request. For employment purposes. As part of a credit check by a landlord.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., governs access to consumer credit report records and promotes accuracy, fairness, and the privacy of personal information assembled by Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs).

The FCRA gives you the right to be told if information in your credit file is used against you to deny your application for credit, employment or insurance. The FCRA also gives you the right to request and access all the information a consumer reporting agency has about you (this is called "file disclosure").

Congress has limited the use of consumer reports to protect consumers' privacy. All users must have a permissible purpose under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to obtain a consumer report. Section 604 contains a list of the permissible purposes under the law. (FCRA sections in the U.S. Code, 15 U.S.C.