The CFPB last week brought a $13 million enforcement action against two employment background screening report providers, General Information Services and its affiliate, e-Background-checks.com, Inc. It accused the firms of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to take basic steps to ensure the information reported about job applicants was accurate. The CFPB said it found that the companies unlawfully included certain information in consumer reports they provided to prospective employers. “Specifically, the CFPB found that GIS and BCG failed to take measures to prevent non-reportable civil suit and civil judgment information older than seven years from being illegally included in its reports,” the bureau said. The bureau ordered the companies to alter the practices at issue, provide $10.5 million ...