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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Credit Bureau Barred From Selling Lists: A major credit bureau was barred from selling names of thousands of consumers to telemarketers and direct-mail advertisers based on federally protected information in its files. Administrative Law Judge Lewis F. Parker upheld Federal Trade Commission charges that Trans Union Corp. of Chicago violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act in compiling and selling the lists. The act governs the privacy of the consumer credit information collected and sold by credit bureaus. Parker found that Transmark, a Trans Union division, illegally rented tapes that on average contained the names and addresses of 30,000 consumers who met its customers’ criteria.
