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Regulatory Reversal: CFPB's Withdrawal of Interpretive Guidance and Its Impact on the Rental Screening Industry

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On May 9, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) formally withdrew dozens of interpretive rules, policy statements, advisory opinions, bulletins, and circulars issued over the past decade....more

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CFPB Issues Guidance With Aggressive Interpretation of FCRA Applicability to Employee Monitoring and Screening Tools

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued guidance that takes an aggressive position regarding the scope of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as covering certain employee monitoring and assessment...more

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CFPB and FTC announce settlements with TransUnion

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The CFPB and FTC announced last week that they had entered into a settlement with Trans Union LLC (TU LLC) to resolve a lawsuit filed jointly in a Colorado federal district court by the agencies alleging that TU LLC and its...more

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Trans Union Settles for $15 million with CFPB and FTC Over Tenant Screening Reports

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A new enforcement action provides more detail on the expectations of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the agencies) for the content of tenant screening reports....more

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FTC recommends use of written adverse action notices by housing providers

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A new FTC blog post titled “Tenant background check reports: Put it in writing” reminds landlords, property managers, and other housing providers of their obligation under the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide notice of...more

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White House Consumer Fee Focus Turns to Rental Housing Fees, Disclosures

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The White House today brought attention to new state laws and voluntary industry practices that limit fees charged to renters and increase the transparency of those fees, noting the burden such fees impose on American...more

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CFPB Opines That Companies Using Automated Worker Surveillance Tools Must Comply with FCRA

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Do companies that use workplace surveillance tools to make hiring and firing decisions risk violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)? According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) in a recent...more

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New FCRA Summary of Rights for Background and Credit Checks

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On September 12, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency which oversees the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) issued an interim final rule updating the agency’s model FCRA notice....more

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CFPB’s Message to Employment Background Screening Providers: A Rose by Any Other Middle Name is Probably the Wrong Person

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On October 29, the CFPB took action against two of the country’s largest employment background screening report providers for violations of the FCRA. This is one of the CFPB’s most significant FCRA actions to date, following...more

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CFPB Enforcement Action Against Two Background Screeners

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it has taken action against two large background screening companies.  Yes, you are reading this correctly.  The CFPB…not the Federal Trade Commission, has taken...more

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