Sec. 8. (a) A third party that requests a consumer‘s consumer report in connection with an application by the consumer for credit shall treat the application for credit as incomplete if:

(1) a security freeze has been placed on the consumer’s consumer report;

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 24-5-24-8

  • consumer: means an individual:

    Indiana Code 24-5-24-1

  • consumer report: means any written, oral, or other communication of any information that:

    Indiana Code 24-5-24-2

  • consumer reporting agency: means any person that, for monetary fees or dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating information concerning a consumer's credit or other information for the purpose of furnishing a consumer report to another person. See Indiana Code 24-5-24-3
  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • security freeze: means a designation placed on a consumer's consumer report:

    Indiana Code 24-5-24-4

(2) the consumer has not authorized the release of the consumer’s consumer report under section 7 of this chapter; and

(3) the consumer reporting agency refuses to release the consumer report to the third party based on subdivisions (1) and (2).

     (b) A consumer reporting agency that refuses under subsection (a)(3) to release a consumer report shall notify the third party requesting the consumer report of the existence of a security freeze as the basis for the refusal to release the consumer report to the third party.

     (c) A consumer reporting agency shall not:

(1) state; or

(2) otherwise imply;

to a third party that the consumer’s security freeze under this chapter reflects a negative credit score, history, report, or rating.

As added by P.L.104-2007, SEC.1.