Fair Credit Reporting: 2.4.4.2.2 Investigative report
The first criterion for the employment agency exclusion is that the report would otherwise have qualified as an investigative report.418 Investigative consumer reports are any consumer reports that contain information on the consumer’s character or reputation or similar personal information, obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates.419 Employment agencies, recruiting for an employer or seeking to place an individual in a job, commonly interview a potential empl