NEWS AND VIEWS

Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion Support U.S. Consumers with Permanent Extension of Free Weekly Credit Reports
- September 18, 2023
- News
ATLANTA & COSTA MESA, Calif. & CHICAGO–The three Nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRAs) – Equifax® (NYSE:EFX), Experian (LON:EXPN) and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU)...
Consumer Data Industry Association: California Assembly Passage of ‘Delete Act’ Sets Severely Flawed Example for Other States to Follow
- September 13, 2023
- NewsPress Releases and Statements
(Washington, DC) – Dan Smith, president and CEO of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), made the following statement today about...
Consumer Data Industry Association Launches Campaign to Highlight How California’s “Delete Act” Could Severely Harm Consumers
- September 5, 2023
- NewsPress Releases and Statements
Mobile billboard truck, online ads, educational website show unintended consequences of mass deletion of consumer data (Sacramento, CA) The Consumer Data...

Eric Ellman
March 9, 2022
Credit Lender Services Agency (CLSA) is a consumer reporting agency (CRA), according to Judge Gene E.K. Pratter of the U.S. District...

Eric Ellman
November 17, 2021
A recent Law 360 article (paywall) lays out a possible tell from CFPB Director Rohit Chopra that the FCRA could soon...

Eric Ellman
October 21, 2021
The FTC “has big ambitions to answer the cries from members of Congress and consumer privacy advocates to rein in big...

Eric Ellman
September 29, 2021
A 2019 Texas law that altered how medical debt is reported to the nation’s credit bureaus is preempted by the FCRA. ...

Eric Ellman
September 28, 2021
As reported by Reuters, last week, a federal appellate court has deepened the circuit split on whether government agencies can be...

Eric Ellman
July 9, 2021
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied class action claims against The Retail Equation...

Kristine Poplawski
June 10, 2021
Today, Consumer Reports published a completely false and misleading story on alleged credit report errors. The story is based on a...

Eric Ellman
May 12, 2020
The 7th Circuit recently issued a favorable ruling in a case where CDIA filed an amicus. We said that consumer reporting agencies...

Eric Ellman
April 30, 2020
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that found Equifax and Experian’s reinvestigation of...

Eric Ellman
March 27, 2020
Last week, the 9th Circuit issued an opinion that goes into some detail about what may – and what may not...