08/27/2023
Now, who is the FTC? The FTC stands for the Federal Trade Commission and what the FTC does. It's a government body that's here to protect consumers, American citizens against fraud, and just a variety of different things on a lot of levels. But what we're going to do, as it relates to repairing and correcting credit, we're going to take a look at what they had to say in a summary of rights in which they published.
Right, now, we are here now. So if you take a look, you'll see www.ftc.gov. Anything that has a dot gov is going to be related to the federal government, slash credit. Alright, so now, I don't advise anyone to really get deep into these things. The main things that you need to know about credit is, is it accurate? Do they have the right to report it? In other words, I'm not trying to be technical, what we're doing is holding the federal law and we're using the federal law and holding the credit bureaus accountable for the items that's on your report.
So let's take a look at a summary of your rights. And I'm just going to breeze through this, because I just want to get to the nuts and bolts of this, because it's really not important to bog your brain down. As I said, this is a earn as you learn. Don't try to learn everything about this before you start actually implementing and putting these things into practice. You must be told if the information in your file has been used against you. Anyone who uses a credit report, or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance or employment, or to take another adverse action, that's the thing that we want to know about. And that is an adverse or a negative action against you, if they hinder your way of life in any way, they must tell you, and must give you the name, address and phone number of the agency that provided the information.
What does that mean? That means if you go apply for a car, and you are denied, the car dealership is denying you based on information that it received from a third party. Also, if you go seeking employment, and you are denied employment, because of your credit, the employer has to let you know where they got the information from. So the main thing is, what you need to think about when you are talking to your client and or you are working on your own credit. If that's a situation that arises, then that's just something you should know.
You have the right to know what's in your file, you may request or and obtain all the information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency. Your file disclosure, that's a biggie. You want to take notes and just realize your file disclosure.
Enjoy!
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