- I. A consumer may elect to have information about such consumer excluded from any transaction not initiated by the consumer under RSA 359-B:4, II, including any list provided by a consumer reporting agency through pre-screening or direct solicitation transactions that are not initiated by the consumer, by notifying the consumer reporting agency by telephone or in writing.
- II. An election by a consumer under paragraph I of this section shall be effective with respect to a consumer reporting agency and any affiliate of the agency within 5 business days after the agency is notified.
- III. Each consumer reporting agency shall establish and maintain a notification system, including a toll-free telephone number, which permits any consumer, with appropriate identification and for whom the agency has a file, to notify the agency of the consumer's election under paragraph I. A consumer reporting agency that maintains consumer reports on a nationwide basis shall establish such a notification system on a nation-wide basis and may operate such a system jointly with any other consumer reporting agencies. Compliance with the requirements of this section by any consumer reporting agency shall constitute compliance by the agency's affiliates.
- IV. Any person who uses a consumer report in connection with any transaction not initiated by the consumer under RSA 359-B:4, II shall provide the consumer with a statement displayed in a conspicuous and readable format and type that offers a reasonable procedure for the removal of a consumer's name from marketing lists derived from consumer report information by calling an 800 number or writing to an address provided in said statement.
Source. 1994, 271:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.