FAIR CREDIT AUTHORIZATION FORM A Summary of Your Rights

Updated 5/2016

FAIR CREDIT AUTHORIZATION FORM

A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of

information in the files of consumer reporting agencies. There are many types of consumer

reporting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (such as agencies that sell

information about check writing histories, medical records, and rental history records). Here is a

summary of your major rights under the FCRA. For more information, including information

about additional rights, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore or write to: Consumer

Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

 You must be told if information in your file has been used against you. Anyone who

uses a credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit,

insurance, or employment – or to take another adverse action against you – must tell you,

and must give you the name, address, and phone number of the agency that provided the

information.

 You have the right to know what is in your file. You may request and obtain all the

information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency (your “file

disclosure”). You will be required to provide proper identification, which may include

your Social Security number. In many cases, the disclosure will be free. You are entitled

to a free file disclosure if:

o a person has taken adverse action against you because of information in your

credit report;

o you are the victim of identity theft and place a fraud alert in your file;

o your file contains inaccurate information as a result of fraud;

o you are on public assistance;

o you are unemployed but expect to apply for employment within 60 days.

In addition, all consumers are entitled to one free disclosure every 12 months upon request from

each nationwide credit bureau and from nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies. See

www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for additional information.

 You have the right to ask for a credit score. Credit scores are numerical summaries of

your credit-worthiness based on information from credit bureaus. You may request a

credit score from consumer reporting agencies that create scores or distribute scores used

in residential real property loans, but you will have to pay for it. In some mortgage

transactions, you will receive credit score information for free from the mortgage lender.

 You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. If you identify

information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer

reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous. See

www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for an explanation of dispute procedures.

 Consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or

unverifiable information. Inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information must be

removed or corrected, usually within 30 days. However, a consumer reporting agency

may continue to report information it has verified as accurate.

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 Consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information. In most

cases, a consumer reporting agency may not report negative information that is more than

seven years old, or bankruptcies that are more than 10 years old.

 Access to your file is limited. A consumer reporting agency may provide information

about you only to people with a valid need -- usually to consider an application with a

creditor, insurer, employer, landlord, or other business. The FCRA specifies those with a

valid need for access.

 You must give your consent for reports to be provided to employers. A consumer

reporting agency may not give out information about you to your employer, or a potential

employer, without your written consent given to the employer. Written consent generally

is not required in the trucking industry. For more information, go to

www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

 You many limit “prescreened” offers of credit and insurance you get based on

information in your credit report. Unsolicited “prescreened” offers for credit and

insurance must include a toll-free phone number you can call if you choose to remove

your name and address from the lists these offers are based on. You may opt out with the

nationwide credit bureaus at 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688).

 You may seek damages from violators. If a consumer reporting agency, or, in some

cases, a user of consumer reports or a furnisher of information to a consumer reporting

agency violates the FCRA, you may be able to sue in state or federal court.

 Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have additional rights. For

more information, visit www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

States may enforce the FCRA, and many states have their own consumer reporting laws. In

some cases, you may have more rights under state law. For more information, contact your

state or local consumer protection agency or your state Attorney General. For information

about your federal rights, contact:

TYPE OF BUSINESS:

CONTACT:

1.a. Banks, savings associations, and credit

unions with total assets of over $10 billion and

their affiliates

b. Such affiliates that are not banks, savings

associations, or credit unions also should list,

in addition to the CFPB:

a. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

1700 G Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20552

b. Federal Trade Commission: Consumer

Response Center – FCRA

Washington, DC 20580

(877) 382-4357

2. To the extent not included in item 1 above:

a. National banks, federal savings associations,

and federal branches and federal agencies of

foreign banks

b. State member banks, branches and agencies

of foreign banks (other than federal branches,

federal agencies, and Insured State Branches of

a. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Customer Assistance Group

1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3450

Houston, TX 77010-9050

b. Federal Reserve Consumer Help Center

P.O. Box. 1200

Minneapolis, MN 55480

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Foreign Banks), commercial lending

companies owned or controlled by foreign

banks, and organizations operating under

section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act

c. Nonmember Insured Banks, Insured State

Branches of Foreign Banks, and insured state

savings associations

d. Federal Credit Unions

c. FDIC Consumer Response Center

1100 Walnut Street, Box #11

Kansas City, MO 64106

d. National Credit Union Administration

Office of Consumer Protection (OCP)

Division of Consumer Compliance and

Outreach (DCCO)

1775 Duke Street

Alexandria, VA 22314

3. Air carriers

Asst. General Counsel for Aviation

Enforcement & Proceedings

Aviation Consumer Protection Division

Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

Washington, DC 20590

4. Creditors Subject to the Surface

Transportation Board

Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation

Board, Department of Transportation

395 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20423

5. Creditors Subject to the Packers and

Stockyards Act, 1921

Nearest Packers and Stockyards

Administration Area Supervisor

6. Small Business Investment Companies

Associate Deputy Administrator for Capital

Access, United States Small Business

Administration

409 Third Street, S.W., 8th Floor

Washington, DC 20416

7. Brokers and Dealers

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

8. Federal Land Banks, Federal Land Bank

Associations, Federal Intermediate Credit

Banks, and Production Credit Associations

Farm Credit Administration

1501 Farm Credit Drive

McLean, VA 22102-5090

9. Retailers, Finance Companies, and All Other

Creditors Not Listed Above

FTC Regional Office for region in which the

creditor operates or Federal Trade

Commission: Consumer Response Center –

FCRA

Washington, DC 20580 (877) 382-4357

Para información en español, visite www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore o escribe a la

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

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Federal Investigations Notice

Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, as amended

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT ONE OR MORE CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS MAY BE

OBTAINED FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES PURSUANT TO THE FAIR CREDIT

REPORTING ACT, AS AMENDED, 15 U. S. C., §1681, ET SEQ. SHOULD A DECISION TO

TAKE ANY ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST YOU BE MADE, BASED EITHER IN WHOLE

OR IN PART ON THE CONSUMER CREDIT REPORT, THE CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCY THAT PROVIDED THE REPORT PLAYED NO ROLE IN THE AGENCY'S

DECISION TO TAKE SUCH ADVERSE ACTION.

Information provided by you on this form will be furnished to the consumer reporting agency in

order to obtain information in connection with an investigation to determine your (1) fitness for

Federal employment, (2) clearance to perform contractual service for the Federal Government,

and/or (3) security clearance or access. The information obtained may be redisclosed to other

Federal agencies for the above purposes and in fulfillment of official responsibilities to the extent

that such disclosure is permitted by law.

I hereby authorize the _____________________________ to obtain such report(s) from any

(Name of Requesting Agency)

consumer/credit reporting agency for employment purposes.

________________________________ _______________________

(Print Name) (SSN)

_________________________________ _______________________

(Signature) (Date)

Your Social Security Number is needed to keep records accurate, because other people may have

the same name. Executive Order 9397 also asks Federal agencies to use this number to help

identify individuals in agency records.