§ 6-48-6. Notice of rights.
Any time that a consumer is required to receive a summary of rights required under
section 609 of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, (15 U.S.C. §â€‚1681 et. seq.) the following notice shall be included:
Consumers have the right to obtain a security freeze
You may obtain a security freeze on your credit report to protect your privacy and
ensure that credit is not granted in your name without your knowledge. You have a
right to place a "security freeze� on your credit report pursuant to chapter 48 of title 6 of the Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2006.
The security freeze will prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing any information
in your credit report without your express authorization or approval.
The security freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being
approved in your name without your consent. When you place a security freeze on your
credit report, within five (5) business days you will be provided a personal identification
number or password to use if you choose to remove the freeze on your credit report
or to temporarily authorize the release of your credit report for a specific period
of time after the freeze is in place. To provide that authorization, you must contact
the consumer reporting agency and provide all of the following:
(1) The unique personal identification number or password provided by the consumer reporting
agency.
(2) Proper identification to verify your identity.
(3) The proper information regarding the period of time for which the report shall be
available to users of the credit report.
A consumer reporting agency that receives a request from a consumer to temporarily
lift a freeze on a credit report shall comply with the request no later than three
(3) business days after receiving the request.
A security freeze does not apply to circumstances where you have an existing account
relationship and a copy of your report is requested by your existing creditor or its
agents or affiliates for certain types of an account review, collection, fraud control,
or similar activities.
If you are actively seeking a new credit, loan, utility, telephone, or insurance account,
you should understand that the procedures involved in lifting a security freeze may
slow your own applications for credit. You should plan ahead and lift a freeze — either
completely, if you are shopping around, or specifically for a certain creditor — with
enough advance notice before you apply for new credit for the lifting to take effect.
You have a right to bring a civil action against someone who violates your rights
under the credit reporting laws. The action can be brought against a consumer reporting
agency or a user of your credit report.
Unless you are sixty-five (65) years of age or older, or you are a victim of identity
theft with an incident report or complaint from a law enforcement agency, a consumer
reporting agency has the right to charge you up to ten dollars ($10.00) to place a
freeze on your credit report; up to ten dollars ($10.00) to temporarily lift a freeze
on your credit report, depending on the circumstances; and up to ten dollars ($10.00)
to remove a freeze from your credit report. If you are sixty-five (65) years of age
or older or are a victim of identity theft with a valid incident report or complaint,
you may not be charged a fee by a consumer reporting agency for placing, temporarily
lifting, or removing a freeze.