Consumer Protections Reduced
The U.S. House Committed Voted to reduce credit bureau consumer protections. Read on… https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/after-the-equifax-data-breach-why-did-a-us-house_us_5a317318e4b04bd8793e96a7
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Millions Of Errors Riddle Credit Reports Every Year
This article discusses that consumer credit reports continue to be riddled with tens of million errors annually. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=F9A0E879-083B-4F46-AC1C-0BC0AF1F4290 Pine Street […]
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Steps To Protect Your Identity
File your taxes as soon as possible. Ask your doctors’ offices for copies of your medical files. Go paperless. […]
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Ways To Improve Your Credit Score
Pay on time. Limit how much available credit you use to 30% per card, 10 % across all cards. Avoid […]
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What Debt Collectors Are Not Allowed To Do
Debt Collection Harassment is illegal. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act says debt collectors can’t harass, oppress, or abuse you […]
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Two Words: Identity Theft
From Leo Notenboom’s newsletter Ask Leo Consider just the first four items in the list above: names, Social Security numbers, […]
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Pine Street Legal Helps With Credit Report Problems
Errors on your credit report hurt your credit rating. Mistakes on credit reports are commonplace and hurt your chance to get […]
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Criminal Background Screening Reports
Mistakes on criminal background screening reports can cost workers their jobs and can cause job applicants to be turned down […]
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Expunged Criminal Record On Credit Report
If you have had a criminal record expunged through the court system, you need to check your credit report at […]
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Debt Collections Cannot Threaten Service Members
It is a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law, for debt collectors to threaten service […]
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Who Is Pulling Your Credit Report?
The Fair Credit Reporting Act, a federal law, requires that there must be a permissible purpose for someone to request […]
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Your Credit Report
Errors on your credit report can cause you to be turned down for a mortgage, passed over for a job, […]