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From: luce@aurs01.UUCP (J. Luce)
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Subject: Re: Dealing with a bad credit report
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Date: 22 Mar 91 14:22:13 GMT
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In article <10215@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> randolph@cognito.Eng.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz) writes:
-There is a federal law requiring that the company who turns you down
-for credit must give you a copy of the credit report.  You can also
-request a correction if there are errors, and add your own version if
-the credit reporting company refuses to correct an error.  Procedures
-for this are published every so often in *Consumer Reports*, and I
-suggest you check there -- putting things in writing and obeying time
-limits may be important.
-
-Also, check around in your local library -- they may have something on
-this.
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I am well aware of this stuff, what *IRKS* me is that they or anyone
else with this so-called vested interest can access my data without
asking *AND* getting my permission. What you suggest is after-the-fact
stuff. I want to know if there is anything on the Federal Books against
the accessing of this credit info without written or at the very least
verbal OK to do so...