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Being an employer, you may want to use consumer credit reports while hiring new employees and also while assessing them for promotion, reassignment, and retention, but only if you abide by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Sections 604, 606, and 615 of the FCRA clearly mention the employer's responsibilities towards its employees when he uses consumer reports for employment purposes. The FCRA was primarily constituted to guard the privacy of the consumer report information and to guarantee that the information that is printed on the report by the bureaus and agencies is precise. An amendment was made to the FCRA on 30th Sep 1997 stating that more and more obligations should be imposed on employers who use consumer reports. The Congress advocated this step, as they felt that inaccurate and incomplete consumer reports can cause someone his job or may be even his promotions. The amendments made it clear that