Class members say LinkedIn violated Fair Credit Reporting Act

Published October 16, 2014 8:20pm ET



SAN JOSE, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Four individuals have filed a class action against LinkedIn for allegedly violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

LinkedIn failed to comply with the certification and disclosure requirements mandated by the FCRA for credit reporting agencies that furnish consumer reports for employment purposes and failed to maintain reasonable procedures to limit the furnishing of consumer reports for the purposes enumerated in the FCRA and to assure maximum possible accuracy of consumer report information, the complaints say.

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