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request is in connection with an application for credit or any | | other use and the consumer does not allow access to the consumer | | report for that specific party or period of time, the 3rd party may | | treat the application as incomplete. |
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| | | 9.__Explanation of process.__If a consumer requests a security | | freeze pursuant to this section, the consumer reporting agency | | shall disclose to the consumer the processes of placing and | | temporarily lifting a security freeze and the process for | | allowing access to information from the consumer report for a | | specific party or period of time while the security freeze is in | | place.__A consumer reporting agency shall provide a sample copy | | of the agency's disclosure form to the administrator at the first | | annual registration or reregistration under section 1328 | | following the effective date of this section and any time there | | is a material change in the disclosure form required by this | | subsection. |
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| | | 10.__Duration of freeze; removal.__A security freeze must | | remain in place until the consumer requests that the security | | freeze be removed.__A consumer reporting agency shall remove a | | security freeze within 3 business days of receiving a request for | | removal from a consumer who provides: |
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| | | A.__Proper identification; and |
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| | | B.__The personal identification number or password provided | | by the consumer reporting agency pursuant to subsection 3. |
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| | | 11.__Proper identification.__A consumer reporting agency shall | | require proper identification of the person making a request to | | place or remove a security freeze. |
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| | | 12.__Exceptions.__The provisions of this section, including | | the security freeze, do not apply to the use of a consumer report | | by the following: |
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| | | A.__A person or person's subsidiary, affiliate, agent or | | assignee with which the consumer has or, prior to | | assignment, had an account, contract or debtor-creditor | | relationship for the purposes of reviewing the account or | | collecting the financial obligation owing for the account, | | contract or debt or extending credit to a consumer with a | | prior or existing account, contract or debtor-creditor | | relationship, subject to the requirements of section 1313-A.__ | | For purposes of this paragraph, "reviewing the account" | | includes activities related to account maintenance, | | monitoring, credit line increases and account upgrades and | | enhancements; |
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