Consumer reporting companies collect information and provide reports to other companies about you. These companies use these reports to inform decisions about providing you with credit, employment, residential rental housing, insurance, and in other decision-making situations.
(2) In the case of a willful violation: (A) Actual damages as set forth in paragraph (1) above: (B) Punitive damages of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each violation as the court deems proper; (C) Any other relief that the court deems proper.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), signed into law on June 28, 2018, creates an array of consumer privacy rights and business obligations regarding the collection and sale of personal information. The CCPA went into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
The California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCCRA) was passed in 1975 as the state's version of the U.S. federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. The act regulates consumer credit reporting agencies as well as any users of credit reports.
The CCPA applies to for-profit businesses that do business in California and meet any of the following: Have a gross annual revenue of over $25 million; Buy, sell, or share the personal information of 100,000 or more California residents or households; or.
Except as otherwise provided in section 1681k of this title, a consumer reporting agency shall not furnish an investigative consumer report that includes information that is a matter of public record and that relates to an arrest, indictment, conviction, civil judicial action, tax lien, or outstanding judgment, unless ...
(c) The term “investigative consumer report” means a consumer report in which information on a consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is obtained through any means.
The disclosure must: Clearly and accurately disclose to the employee or applicant in writing that it may obtain an Investigative Consumer Report, including information from the referenced personal interviews as to their character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living.
If you need evidence that includes records of a customer (consumer) or an employee of the person or entity you are subpoenaing, you must notify them. Serve the notice at least 5 days before serving the witness, if personally served, or 10 days if serving by mail within California.
Simply put, a consumer report background check contains your personal and financialinformation. Your personal information could cover your general lifestyle, your reputationand impressions about your character.