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Illinois Enacts New Law Governing Employer's Use of Credit History
On August 10, 2010, Illinois enacted H.B. 4658, the Employee Credit Privacy Act, which governs the use of credit information for employment purposes. The new law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer…
FTC Proposes New Model FCRA Notices
The FTC has announced proposed revisions to its model notices for consumers, users, and furnishers of information under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The changes are designed to reflect new rules promulgated…
New Article on How FTC Endorsement Guides Apply to Social Media
In previous posts, we noted that the FTC's new Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising contain various provisions that apply to messages in social media, and that the FTC recently…
PCI Security Standards Council to Release Updated Security Standards: PCI DSS 2.0 and PA-DSS 2.0
On Thursday, August 12, 2010, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) released a document highlighting proposed revisions to the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Payment…
UPDATE: New Gift Card Rules To Take Effect on August 22, 2010 and Disclosure Requirements Will Now Take Effect on January 31, 2011
This is an update to an earlier post regarding the Federal Reserve Board’s final rules implementing the gift card provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (“CARD Act”). On…