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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").

? You have the right to know what is in your file. In addition, all consumers are entitled to one free disclosure every 12 months upon request from each nationwide credit bureau and from nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies. See .consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for additional information.

Any person who obtains a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses or knowingly without a permissible purpose shall be liable to the consumer reporting agency for actual damages sustained by the consumer reporting agency or $1,000, whichever is greater.

Reporting of Medical Debt: The three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Transunion, and Experian) will institute a new policy by March 30, 2023, to no longer include medical debt under a dollar threshold (the threshold will be at least $500) on credit reports.

However, if the subscriber violates the "user" provisions of the FCRA, then liability under the FCRA exists and suit on the cause of action for the violation of the FCRA must be brought within two (2) year statute of limitation commencing from the date of the violation of the Act.

§ 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). A CRA is an entity that assembles and sells credit information and financial information about individuals.