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FACTA highlights to prevent identity theft:

(1) Establishes federal right to fraud alert, extended fraud alert and military fraud alert,

(2) requires that presence of a fraud alert on a consumer's credit report requires additional verification before issuing credit;

(3) Gives consumers the right to obtain records from businesses where thief used their names,

(4) Gives consumers the right to block fraudulent trade line information or accounts from appearing on their credit reports.

(5) Gives consumers the right to make one call to obtain fraud alerts on all three reports.

(6) Imposes new account opening verification standards and rules against "repollution" of reports with previously deleted fraudulent items. Some rights may require consumer to provide business or credit bureau with a notarized ID theft affidavit or filed police report.

 


 

 


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