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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Employment Screening Services Provider =
Settles=20
Charges of Violating Fair Credit Reporting Act
Oklahoma-based Company Agrees to Pay =
U.S. $2.6=20
Million Penalty
A company that = marketed public=20 records about consumers to employers making hiring decisions agreed to = settle=20 charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and pay $2.6 = million in=20 civil penalties , the Justice Department = announced.=20
In a complaint filed =
today, the=20
United States alleged that HireRight Solutions Inc., an Oklahoma =
corporation=20
based in Tulsa, Okla., violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) =
=93Inaccurate = consumer reports can=20 keep qualified applicants from finding work and keep employers from = finding good=20 employees,=94 said Stuart Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General for = the Civil=20 Division. =93In this age of increased collection and distribution of = consumer=20 information, aggressive enforcement of the FCRA ensures that these = reports=20 contain facts, not mistakes.=94
Along with the $2.6 = million civil=20 penalty, HireRight agreed to injunctions against future FCRA and Federal = Trade=20 Commission (FTC) Act violations in a proposed consent decree filed with = the=20 complaint. The consent decree also requires HireRight to maintain = reasonable=20 procedures to ensure the accuracy of reports and, upon request, to = provide=20 consumers the information in their files, such as criminal history = reports.=20 Access to these reports ensures that the consumers can dispute erroneous = criminal history information that would substantially interfere with = their=20 ability to obtain a job.
The FTC, which =
oversees the FCRA,=20
referred the case to the Justice Department.
Acting Assistant =
Attorney General=20
Delery thanked the Federal Trade Commission for referring this matter to =
the=20
Department. The Consumer Protection Branch of the Justice Department=92s =
Civil=20
Division brought the case on behalf of the United States.
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