Fair Credit Reporting: 15.3.2.2 Two Exceptions that Specifically Apply to Employment Purposes
Pursuant to a specific exception in the Act, interviews and investigations conducted by employment agencies are usually not investigative consumer reports.80 If the employment agency is communicating to a prospective employer, with the consent of the consumer, either for the purpose of procuring a work opportunity for the consumer or for the purpose of procuring an employee for the employer, then the communication is not a consumer report at all.