The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act allows debt collectors to do thorough investigations, including interviewing parents, spouses, co-workers, employers, and landlords about a consumer who owes a debt.

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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) restricts debt collectors from contacting third parties, such as parents, spouses, co-workers, employers, and landlords, except to obtain location information about the consumer, and even then, they are limited in what they can disclose.

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Allows Debt Collectors to Do