Lawsuit Claims L3 Technologies Pulled Background Reports without Proper Authorization

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L3 Technologies, Inc. is on the wrong side of a proposed class action in which the plaintiff claims the communications company unlawfully inserted a “liability release provision” into its form granting the company authorization to pull the man’s background report for job purposes. The case argues that L3 Technologies violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which “requires that a disclosure consist solely of the disclosure that a consumer report may be obtained for employment purposes,” by including this liability waiver.

From the lawsuit:

“No extraneous information can be attached or included on the consent form. The authorization and disclosure must be stand-alone.”