Spokeo Consent Decree Serves as Important Caution to Buyers and Sellers of Social Media Reports on Consumers to Understand and Comply with FCRA

By Jennifer Archie, Kevin Boyle and Kelsey McPherson

As part of a settlement announced Monday, the FTC sends a reminder that the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) apply to a service that aggregates data made publicly available on social media sites and then markets the data to businesses for use in hiring decisions. Web