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FCRA Gives Identity Theft Victims Specific Rights

Published on: September 12, 2012 | Frank Coxwell

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) provides specific rights to consumers who are or believe they are the victim of identity theft. If someone uses your name, Social Security number, date of birth, or other identification without the authority to do so in order to commit fraud, it is considered Identify Theft. For example, if someone used your personal information to get a loan or to get a credit card, they may have committed identity theft.

Here is a short summary of these rights that were designed to help you recover:

You have the right to ask that nationwide consumer reporting agencies place “fraud alerts” in your file to let potential creditors and others know that you may be a victim of identity theft.

FCRA Summary of Rights

Published on: August 24, 2012 | Frank Coxwell

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was created to promote accurate, fair, and private filing of information by consumer reporting agencies. There are many types of consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (those that sell information about check writing history, medical records, rental history, etc). Most familiar to everyone are the 3 national credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. Here is a summary of consumer’s major rights under the FCRA:

You must be told if information in your file has been used against you.
You have the right to know what is in your file.