Ark. Code Ann. § 4-112-110: Entities not required to place security freeze

The following entities are not required to place a security freeze on a credit report: (1) (A) A consumer reporting agency that acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies and does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new credit reports are produced. (B) However, a consumer reporting agency acting as a reseller shall honor any security freeze placed on a credit report by another consumer reporting agency; (2) A check services or fraud prevention services company that issues reports on incidents of fraud or authorizations for the purpose of approving or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar methods of payments; or (3) A deposit account information service company that issues reports regarding account closures due to fraud, substantial overdrafts, automatic teller machine abuse, or similar negative information regarding a consumer to inquiring banks or other financial institutions for use only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account at the inquiring bank or financial institution. Acts 2007, No. 391, § 1; 2009, No. 223, § 1.

The following entities are not required to place a security freeze on a credit report:

(1) (A) A consumer reporting agency that acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies and does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new credit reports are produced. (B) However, a consumer reporting agency acting as a reseller shall honor any security freeze placed on a credit report by another consumer reporting agency;

(A) A consumer reporting agency that acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer reporting agency or multiple consumer reporting agencies and does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which new credit reports are produced.

(B) However, a consumer reporting agency acting as a reseller shall honor any security freeze placed on a credit report by another consumer reporting agency;

(2) A check services or fraud prevention services company that issues reports on incidents of fraud or authorizations for the purpose of approving or processing negotiable instruments, electronic funds transfers, or similar methods of payments; or

(3) A deposit account information service company that issues reports regarding account closures due to fraud, substantial overdrafts, automatic teller machine abuse, or similar negative information regarding a consumer to inquiring banks or other financial institutions for use only in reviewing a consumer request for a deposit account at the inquiring bank or financial institution.