Entities | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) (200) Department of Housing and Development (HUD) (28) |
Topics and Issues | Background checks (73) FOIA (11) |
On Nov. 4, 2021, the CFPB issued an Advisory Opinion on Fair Credit Reporting; Name-Only Matching Procedures, with a press release and a statement from Director Rohit Chopra both covering the release of the Advisory Opinion.
Resources:
- Press release on the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
- Advisory Opinion on Fair Credit Reporting; Name-Only Matching Procedures.
- Director Rohit Chopra’s statement on the release of the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
- HUD press release in support of the Advisory Opinion on name-only matching.
- Troutman Pepper blog on name-only matching.
- Big News for Background Screening: New Appellate Ruling Says FCRA Permits Reporting Unmatched Criminal Records (Troutman blog, Dec. 22, 2020).
- Letter from ACLU and consumer groups to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge (July 13, 2021).
- A FOIA request to the CFPB seeking documents that went into the development of the advisory opinion (November 2021).