The benefits obtained by operating a common facility in terms of sharing throughout the Defense Department the fruits of research performed may also be severely diminished.

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One way is to require that entities that deny benefits to consumers based upon information obtained from information brokers provide notice to the affected consumer, similar to an adverse action notice under the FCRA. This would allow the consumer to contact the information broker and access and potentially correct the data upon which the denial was based.

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Figures obtained by the BBC suggest about 6, 000 people have been given vouchers for emergency food parcels by benefits officials in the last year.

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