CFPB Takes Aim at Misleading, Incomplete, and Old Information in Background Check Reports
New guidance addresses inaccurate background check reports and sloppy practices in providing workers and renters with copies of their reports.
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New guidance addresses inaccurate background check reports and sloppy practices in providing workers and renters with copies of their reports.
Governor Maura Healey signed a bill establishing Massachusetts as the fifth state to make prison phone calls free statewide and the first state to include provisions for free calls from county jails.
Joint enforcement action launched against TransUnion for failing to ensure that tenant screening reports were accurate.
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A new report from the National Consumer Law Center explains that the screening process is riddled with errors and bias that disproportionately harms Black and Latino/Hispanic renters.
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This article discusses common issues involving criminal record reporting and tenant screening that may give rise to claims under the FCRA, and it provides practical guidance for obtaining relief.
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The National Consumer Law Center and the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry produced a new State Digital Justice Advocacy Toolkit that contains resources to help frontline groups that are working to provide broadband and communication assistance to incarcerated people, people with disabilities, low-income households, veterans, aging and rural populations, people facing language barriers,…