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PIRG IDENTITY THEFT II: Return to the Consumer X-Files

RETURN TO THE CONSUMER X-FILES

September, 1997 

• Press release
• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Section I: The Problem Worsens 
  • A. Access to Private and Public Databases Made Easier
  • B. Lesser Known Credit Bureaus Create More Headaches for Identity Theft Victims
  • C. Credit Industry Blocks Efforts to Help Identity Theft Victims
• Section II: Key Fair Credit Reporting Act Changes
• Section III: PIRG's Platform Additional Amendments Needed to Protect Identity Theft Victims and Prevent Errors
   

   
   
   

  APPENDICES

• A. PIRG Identity Theft and Credit Report Guides: 
  • (1) "How to Avoid Becoming a Victim,"
  • (2) "What to do If It Happens To You," (a joint CALPIRG/Privacy Rights publication) 
  • (3) "Your Rights Under the Revised Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA):": Fixing Your Credit Report
• B. Tenant Screening Company listings 
• C. Info broker web site, " Background Information Services" note: this link leaves the PIRG's web site
• D. FTC Notice of Consumer Rights
• E. Sample U.S. Post Office address-change notification 
• To order printed copies of this report
  Contact Information

  To Order Printed Copies of This Report

  Copies of the report may be ordered by sending a check or money order for $20.00 to:
        U.S. PIRG
        218 D Street, S.E.
        Washington, DC 20003.

  Contact Information

       Ed Mierzwinski
       U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG)
       218 D Street, S.E.
       Washington, DC 20003
       (202) 546-9707