Fair Credit Reporting Act : Overview and Issues.

Provides history and overview of Fair Credit Reporting Act, enacted to codify rules regarding how credit information is gathered, disseminated, and used. Discusses sources of information intended to assist consumers, recent enforcement activities by FTC as well as growing Congressional concerns abou...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2000.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Consumer credit. Finance > Law and legislation. Information services. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides history and overview of Fair Credit Reporting Act, enacted to codify rules regarding how credit information is gathered, disseminated, and used. Discusses sources of information intended to assist consumers, recent enforcement activities by FTC as well as growing Congressional concerns about consumer privacy.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.