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Who can join?
Membership of CIFAS is open to:
- Consumer and commercial/corporate credit grantors; e.g. loan providers, credit card issuers, mortgage lenders etc.
- Deposit takers; e.g. banks etc.
- Leasing and hire companies; motor finance providers etc.
- Insurance companies.
- Other providers of products, services and facilities; e.g. telecommunication service providers, factors and discounters, mail order, stockbrokers etc.
- Public Sector Organisations
- Other organisations who own their customer data
Membership is not open to organisations who do not own their customer data.
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What are the basic requirements of Membership?
The basic requirements of Membership are:
- To include printed or scripted data protection "Fair Processing Notices" (also known as "Privacy Notices") in applications for products, services or other facilities that advise applicants how their data may be shared with CIFAS Members
- To identify frauds and share the details with other Members, in return for the benefit of being able to access other Members' fraud data
- To be a client of a Participating Agency within CIFAS. These Agencies are Callcredit and/or Equifax and/or Experian and/or Experian Limited - Experian Decision Analytics and/or Synectics Solutions Ltd. (Changes to this are forthcoming: please contact CIFAS for full details)
- To receive training
- To be visited annually to confirm compliance
- Not to undertake any processing which would involve the transfer of CIFAS data outside the EEA and certain other countries.
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Is your organisation interested and wishes to learn more?
Write on your headed stationery to:
Membership Enquiries
CIFAS
6th Floor - Lynton House
7 - 12 Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9LT
Include:
- Full contact details (including email address of main individual contact)
- Brief description of your organisation's line of business
- A copy of your latest Annual Report and Accounts
- A list of the Trade Associations you belong to
- A list of any credit reference agencies, fraud prevention agencies or any other similar agencies you may use.
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