context: When a consumer brings an action for violation of the disclosure provisions of the FCRA, the Act's purpose of protecting consumer confidentiality is implicated. In that respect, such cases are akin to invasion of privacy cases under state law-cases where the plaintiff alleges that the defendant unlawfully invaded the plaintiffs privacy by obtaining information deemed confidential.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 146 F.3d 1320, 1322
citation_a.parenthetical: recognizing FCRA's dual purpose of facilitating accurate reporting and of protecting privacy
citation_a.sentence: See Bakker v. McKinnon, 152 F.3d 1007, 1013 (8th Cir.1998) (upholding a damage award in an action brought under the FCRA based on the emotional distress caused by the defendant’s invasion of privacy into the plaintiffs credit report); Yang v. Gov’t Employees Ins. Co., 146 F.3d 1320, 1322 (11th Cir.1998) (recognizing FCRA’s dual purpose of facilitating accurate reporting and of protecting privacy); Zamora v. Valley Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 811 F.2d 1368, 1370 (10th Cir.1987) (“By enacting the FCRA, Congress intended to prevent invasions of consumers’ privacy.”).
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 582 F.2d 1214, 1217
citation_b.parenthetical: finding that the plaintiffs' complaint, which alleged willful and negligent failure to comply with the FCRA and thus unlawfully violated the plaintiffs' right to privacy, stated a valid claim
citation_b.sentence: We implied so in Hansen v. Morgan, 582 F.2d 1214, 1217 (9th Cir.1978) (finding that the plaintiffs’ complaint, which alleged willful and negligent failure to comply with the FCRA and thus unlawfully violated the plaintiffs’ right to privacy, stated a valid claim), and at least three of our sister circuits have agreed with that characterization.