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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Equifax
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2000
Date: January 13, 2000
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: Three national consumer reporting agencies agreed to a total of $2.5 million in payments as part of settlements of allegations that they each violated provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to maintain a toll-free telephone number with personnel accessible to consumers during normal business hours.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Georgia
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: miscellaneous services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: credit rating services
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