Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act: Final Interagency Regulations on Affiliate Marketing

Details

• Publisher's site:
  https://www.fdic.gov
• Corporate Authors:
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
• Description:
  The FDIC, the other federal financial institution regulatory agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission have jointly published the attached final rules to implement the affiliate marketing provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as amended by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act.) The final rules implement Section 214 of the FACT Act, which generally prohibits a person from using information received from an affiliate to make a solicitation for marketing purposes to a consumer, unless the consumer is given notice and a reasonable opportunity and a reasonable and simple method to opt-out of making such solicitations.
• Subject:
  Consumer Protection
• Dataset Download URL:
  https://www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2007/fil07098.html
• Format:
  PDF
• Release Date:
  11/07/2007
• Update Date:
  11/26/2018
• Withdrawn Date:
  12/01/2018
• Agencies Involved:
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) ; Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) ; Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (The Fed) ; Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) ; National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) ; U.S. Department of the Treasury
• Fdic Employee Involved:
  David Lafleur ; John Jackwood
• Law Involved:
  Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ; Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act)
• Related Regulation:
  12 CFR Part 334
• Source:
  FDIC Website
• Memorandum To:
  FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)
• Effective Date:
  01/01/2008
• FIL Number:
  FIL-98-2007
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3eec512559e6f740237d257fc7e92bf5218a9dc060446a818bf0d48ce694f1ee
• Download URL:
  https://archive.fdic.gov/view/fdic/7421/fdic_7421_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]