Sign Up: Membership Agreement

USA LANDLORDS MEMBERSHIP and CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
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Between: Your Name is deemed to go here (Herein after called "The Member")

And: ATS Tenant Screen Inc. (Herein after called "The Company")

 

  1. The Company agrees to:
    1. maintain a database of information obtained from its members and other sources.
    2. furnish such information ("Consumer Report") and services as requested by The Member for stated fees and as permitted by law.
    3. provide such other services from time to time as may be deemed by The Company to be beneficial to The Member.

  2. The Member agrees to use Consumer Reports only in connection with its legitimate business and for a purpose authorized by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. (FCRA) such as for entering or renewal of tenancy agreements.

  3. The Member agrees to request Consumer Reports only for The Member's exclusive and one time use, and to hold the contents of a Consumer Report in strict confidence and to not disclose the contents of a Consumer Report to any other person. The member further agrees that he/she will not access consumer credit data on themselves, family, relatives or friends and will not obtain consumer credit data for any other Individual or Company. Member hereby acknowledges that hard copies of consumer reports are to be shredded or destroyed, rendered unreadable when no longer required.

  4. Member agrees that he/she will use the Score only for Member's exclusive use and will not use the Score for model development or model calibration and shall not reverse engineer the Score. All Scores provided will be held in strict confidence and may never be sold, licensed, copied, reused, disclosed, reproduced revealed or made accessible, in whole or in part, to any Person except (i) to those employees of The Member with a need to know and in the course of their employment; (ii) to those third party processing agents of The Member who have executed an agreement that limits the use of the Scores by the third party to the use permitted to The Member and contains the prohibitions set forth herein regarding model development, model calibration and reverse engineering; (iii) when accompanied by the corresponding reason codes, to the consumer who is the subject of the Score; or (iv) as required by law.

  5. To refer any consumer seeking to question or challenge the content of a Consumer Report relating to him or her to The Company.

  6. Member certifies that he/she is not a bail bond company, credit repair company (including credit counseling and credit clinics), investigative company ( including private investigators and detective agencies), attorney or paralegal firm, news agency or journalist, law enforcement personnel, dating service, asset location service, has never been involved in credit fraud or other unethical business practices, is not listed on any credit reporting agency notification, and that the business operation for which this application is being made is one of renting real property (houses, apartments or commercial buildings) which the member does not occupy.

  7. The Member hereby acknowledges that The Company cannot guarantee the accuracy of any Consumer Report and accepts all information “AS IS”. Member acknowledges and agrees that The Company obtains its data from third-party sources, which may or may not be completely thorough and accurate, and the member shall not rely on The Company for the accuracy or completeness of information supplied through The Company's Services.

  8. In no way shall The Company, its Directors or Employees be liable in any manner whatsoever for any loss or injury to The Member resulting from the obtaining or furnishing of a Consumer Report. The Member agrees to save and hold The Company, its Directors and Employees harmless and indemnify them from any claims, losses, damages, or costs arising from the publication or disclosure of any Report from The Company to The Member.

  9. The Member agrees that it shall obtain written Authorization from the Prospective Tenant before requesting a Consumer Report from The Company. If requested by the consumer, The Member will provide the Consumer with the name, address and telephone number of The Company.

  10. The member agrees that he/she will take every precaution to protect the end-user information (user name * password) and acknowledges liability and responsibility for same.

  11. All terms, conditions, warranties or transactions under this agreement are subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act and any provision of this agreement not in compliance therewith shall be deemed to be amended so as to comply.

  12. The Member understands and agrees that in order to ensure compliance with the Graham-Leach Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act ( 19 U.S.C. 2721 et seq.), other similar state or federal laws, regulations or rules, regulatory agency requirements, the terms and conditions of the Agreement and The Company's obligations under its contracts with its data providers, The Company may conduct periodic reviews of The Member's use of The Company's Services and may, upon reasonable notice audit The Member's records, processes and procedures related to The Member's use, storage and disposal of The Company's Services and information received therefrom. The Member agrees to cooperate fully with any and all audits. Violations discovered in any review and/or audit by The Company will be subject to immediate action including, but not limited to, suspension or termination of the use of The Company's Services, legal action, and/or referral to federal or state regulatory agencies.

  13. This agreement shall continue in effect from year to year unless terminated by breach or cancelled by either party.

  14. THE ABOVE MEMBER CONSENTS TO THE OBTAINING OF ANY INFORMATION THE COMPANY MAY DEEM NECESSARY, INCLUDING CONSUMER REPORTS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING THIS APPLICATION AND AS PERMITTED BY THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT AT ANY TIME IN CONNECTION WITH MEMBERSHIP HEREBY APPLIED.

    15. TVS Addendum to Agreement

  15. Member hereby certifies that he/she is a landlord/property manager/resident manager and has a permissible purpose for obtaining consumer reports, as defined by Section 604 of the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 USC 1681b) as amended by the Consumer Credit Reporting Reform Act of 1996, hereinafter called "FCRA". The subscriber certifies their permissible purpose as in connection with a tenant screen application involving the consumer.

  16. Subscriber will maintain copies of all written applicant authorizations for a minimum of five (5) years from the date of inquiry, and where requested, member will comply with Company request for member documents to satisfy any and all audits the Company and/or the Credit Bureau may conduct from time to time that is deemed relevant by Company or Credit Bureau.

  17. THE FCRA PROVIDES THAT ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY OBTAINS INFORMATION ON A CONSUMER FROM A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES SHALL BE FINED UNDER TITLE 18, OR IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS, OR BOTH.


The Member acknowledges that it is a criminal offence to obtain credit information from The Company by fraudulent means and is hereby notified that The Company will report all fraudulent applications for membership to the appropriate Police jurisdiction for criminal action. The Member is hereby notified that as part of its due diligence The Company will verify and confirm this application and your status as a landlord.