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CDIA Applauds FHA’s Decision to Maintain Tri-Merge Credit Report Requirement
- May 22, 2026
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2026 CDIA Applauds FHA’s Decision to Maintain Tri-Merge Credit Report Requirement Statement from Dan Smith, President...
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CDIA Connect 2026 Recap: Defending Consumer Data, Driving the Future
CDIA Connect 2026 brought together leaders across the consumer data ecosystem for several days of meaningful discussion, collaboration, and connection in...
Brittany Bailey
July 14, 2025
On Friday, July 11, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas held that the CFPB exceeded...
Brittany Bailey
July 11, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Judge Sean Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas entered an...
Eric Ellman
July 9, 2024
Background checks are important tools for verifying information about an individual from public records and other resources. Potential employers and landlords...
Eric Ellman
November 29, 2023
An OpEd in the Wall Street Journal recently highlighted the power of data to stop terrorist attacks. That’s good. But, legislative...
Eric Ellman
November 9, 2022
According to a site that caters to landlords and property managers, in October 2022, “federal agents 35-year arrested Latoya Williams at...
Eric Ellman
September 30, 2022
In 2022, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a consumer reporting agency, took a deep dive into fraud committed against SNAP benefits agencies, and...
Eric Ellman
March 7, 2022
A criminal case of mistaken identity shows the weakness of not doing full data matching. This was the case for Bethany...
Eric Ellman
January 6, 2022
Some policymakers have suggested taking data away from landlords, property managers, and others, yet data sharing is a key tool to...
Eric Ellman
July 9, 2021
We have seen, many times over, how the absence of a background check or the presence of a limited background check...
Eric Ellman
August 5, 2014
In November 2013, as noted in the Dallas Business Journal, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott [R] filed suit on Monday against...