§ 10 §1310 — Additional requirements for persons subject to this chapter

Maine § 10 §1310

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE
• Part 3: REGULATION OF TRADE
• Ch. 209-B: FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT

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In addition to the compliance requirements of section 1309, subsection 1, a person subject to this chapter shall comply with this section.
1.
Security freeze by consumer reporting agency; time in effect.
A person subject to this chapter shall comply with the following provisions regarding security freezes.
1-A.
Security freeze for a protected consumer.
Beginning October 1, 2015, a person subject to this chapter shall comply with the following provisions regarding a security freeze for a protected consumer.
2.
Duties of consumer reporting agency if security freeze is in place.
If a security freeze is in place, a consumer reporting agency may not change any of the following official information in a consumer report without sending written confirmation of the change to the consumer within 30 days after the change is posted to the consumer's file: name, date of birth, social security number and address. Written confirmation is not required for technical modifications of a consumer's official information, including name and street abbreviations, complete spellings and transposition of numbers or letters. In the case of an address change, the written confirmation must be sent to the new address and the former address.
3.
Persons not required to place security freeze.
The following persons are not required to place a security freeze pursuant to subsection 1 or 1‑A, except that any person that is not required to place a security freeze under the provisions of subsection 1 or 1‑A is subject to a security freeze placed by another consumer reporting agency from which it obtains information:
4.
Reporting of child support debts.
Information regarding child support debt must be provided as required under this subsection.
5.
Solicitation of loans using prescreened trigger lead information from consumer report.
Solicitation of loans using prescreened trigger lead information from consumer reports is subject to the requirements of this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, "prescreened trigger lead information" means information in a consumer report provided to a nonaffiliated 3rd party by a consumer reporting agency that the agency has reason to believe will be used to solicit a loan or extension of credit.
6.
Consumer mortgage reports.
In any consumer credit transaction involving a consumer report relating to a loan to be secured by a first mortgage on an owner-occupied dwelling, whenever a user has requested such a report and because or partly because of information contained in the report adverse action is taken, the user shall provide a copy of the report to the consumer. This requirement does not apply if the consumer reporting agency provides a copy of the report to the consumer.
7.
Dissemination of consumer report information prohibited.
Every user of a consumer report or an investigative consumer report is prohibited from disseminating to any other person, other than the consumer who is the subject of the report, any such report other than information contained in its own files as a result of its direct experience with the consumer. Except for information or records obtained directly or indirectly and with the consent of the individual to whom it relates, from a licensed physician, medical practitioner, hospital, clinic or other medical or medically related facility, a consumer reporting agency may not by contract or otherwise prohibit a user of any consumer report or investigative consumer report from disclosing the contents of the report to the consumer to whom it relates. A contractual provision in violation of this section is unenforceable.
8.
Medical expenses debts; court or administrative orders.
A debt collector may report overdue medical expenses for a minor child to a consumer reporting agency, but only in the name of the responsible party identified in a court order or administrative order and only if the debt collector is notified orally or in writing of the existence of the order. In addition, a report may not be made until after the debt collector has notified, or made a good faith effort to notify, the responsible party of that party's obligation to pay the overdue medical expenses. Existing information regarding overdue medical expenses for a minor child in the name of a person other than the responsible party identified in a court order or administrative order is considered inaccurate information and is subject to correction. A debt collector or consumer reporting agency may request reasonable verification of the order, including a certified copy of the order.
9.
Nonliability.
A person may not be held liable for any violation of this section if the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that at the time of the alleged violation the person maintained reasonable procedures to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.

Legislative History

PL 2013, c. 228, §1 (NEW). PL 2015, c. 139, §§2-4 (AMD). RR 2015, c. 1, §4 (COR).