Your Rights Under The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is designed to help ensure that CRAs (Credit Reporting Agencies) furnish correct and complete information to businesses to use when evaluating your application.
Your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act:
- You have the right to receive a copy of your credit report. The copy of your report must contain all of the information in your file at the time of your request.
- You have the right to know the name of anyone who received your credit report in the last year for most purposes or in the last two years for employment purposes.
- Any company that denies your application must supply the name and address of the CRA they contacted, provided the denial was based on information given by the CRA.
- You have the right to a free copy of your credit report when your application is denied because of information supplied by the CRA. Your request must be made within 60 days of receiving your denial notice.
- If you contest the completeness or accuracy of information in your report, you should file a dispute with the CRA and with the company that furnished the information to the CRA. Both the CRA and the furnisher of information are legally obligated to reinvestigate your dispute
A Summary of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is available on our web site, click here.
Click to view our frequently asked questions and answers about the FCRA.
The complete text of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1681-1681u, at the FTC's web site.
You may have additional rights under state law. You may contact a state or local consumer protection agency or a state attorney general to learn those rights.
