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Credit reporting conglomerate to pay $23m for tenant screening and security freeze failures

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Julie DiMauro

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CFPB and FTC act against TransUnion over background checks failure.

Failure to carry out rental background checks has resulted in total fines of $23m for a rental screening subsidiary of the TransUnion conglomerate.

“Americans across the country were put at risk of wrongful housing denials because TransUnion failed to follow the law,” said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra. “We are ordering

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