CFPB issues advisory to protect privacy when companies compile personal data
Excerpted from a Consumer Financial Protection Post On July 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a legal interpretation to ensure that companies that use and share credit reports […]
Trulieve pays $60,500 lawsuit settlement due to background check violations
Excerpted from a Top Class Actions Blog Trulieve, a Florida-based cannabis dispensary that sells marijuana products, agreed this week to pay $60,500 to resolve a class action lawsuit that claims […]
Court rules applicants don’t have right to explain accurate background checks under FCRA
Excerpted from an SHRM blog by Roy Maurer Employers covered under the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are not necessarily required under federal law to provide job applicants with […]
Fair Credit Reporting Act compliance: New court opinion clarifies stand-alone disclosure
Excerpted from an Atkinson Andelson Loya Ruud & Romo blog by Iris Kristoff, Jennifer Grock and Jonathan Judge The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) permits background checks for employment […]