Equifax

Is Equifax Selling Your Salary Information?

According to a recent NBC News report, Equifax, one of the three largest American credit reporting agencies, has assembled an enormous database containing employment and salary information for more than 190 million U.S....more

CFPB issues paper on credit reporting

The CFPB has issued a paper that describes the infrastructure and processes used by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the three largest nationwide consumer reporting agencies (NCRAs), to collect, compile and report...more

Privacy Breaches Can Be One-Two Punch for Employers: Arbitrator Awards Damages for Employee Credit Checks that Breached Privacy...

Twenty-six employees of the Alberta Justice and Attorney General’s Maintenance Enforcement Program (“MEP”) were each awarded $1250.00 in damages each after a Peace Officer carrying out a workplace investigation used their...more

FTC Reaches Settlement on Charges Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and FTC Act Against Seller and Buyers of Consumer Financial...

Last week, the Federal Trade Commission, Equifax Information Services LLC and a company and its affiliates that purchased and resold customer lists of consumers who were late on their mortgage payments, settled charges that...more