Due to the enormous amounts of data
collected by credit agencies, such as Transunion, your credit history actually tells a great deal about your life expectancy.
Not exact matches
Like Equifax and D&B, they also
collect information available within the public record, information reported
by both lenders and suppliers, as well as information from
credit card companies, collection
agencies, and other databases.
If you fail to repay any amounts owed in connection with your account, we may report you to one or more
credit bureaus or check reporting
agencies and take such actions as permitted
by law to
collect the amounts owed.
Data
collected by the
agencies on hundreds of millions of people are used to create «
credit scores» which can determine who gets a loan and how much interest is paid on that loan.
Like Equifax and D&B, they also
collect information available within the public record, information reported
by both lenders and suppliers, as well as information from
credit card companies, collection
agencies, and other databases.
By now you've probably heard that Equifax, which as one of the three major U.S.
credit agencies collect loads of sensitive data on consumers, suffered a massive breach, potentially affecting nearly 146 million Americans.
«Consumer report» means any written, oral, or other communication of any information
by a consumer reporting
agency bearing on a consumer's creditworthiness,
credit standing,
credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living which (i) is furnished or (ii) is used or expected to be used or
collected in whole or in part for the purpose of serving as a factor in establishing the consumer's eligibility for:
credit report [top] Information
collected by a
credit reporting
agency that indicates a consumer's
credit standing.
Fair
Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)[top] The Act protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies such as credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant screening ser
Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)[top] The Act protects information
collected by consumer reporting
agencies such as
credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant screening ser
credit bureaus, medical information companies and tenant screening services.
Enforced
by the Federal Trade Commission, this federal law requires
credit reporting
agencies (CRAs) to act fairly and equitably when
collecting, disseminating, and utilizing consumer
credit information.
If the debt is verified as accurate
by the original creditor or
collecting agency (whoever is reporting the debt to the
credit bureaus), you can dispute directly with them.
The information is
collected from
credit providers, courts and other organisations
by credit reporting
agencies.
A consumer report is prepared
by a consumer reporting
agency, whose information is used or
collected for employment purposes, that consists of any written or oral or other communications of any information about a candidate's
credit worthiness, standing or capacity, candidate character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living.
Data
collected by the
agencies on hundreds of millions of people are used to create
credit scores, which can determine who gets a loan and how much interest is paid on it.