CHICAGO, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Trans Union Corporation said it will
appeal the decision of the Federal Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge,
involving Trans Union's target marketing business, to the full Commission. The
case involves direct marketing lists that are based totally or in part on
information from Trans Union's database of consumer credit information, but
that do not communicate confidential credit information.  Lists used for
prescreening consumers for credit solicitations are not in
dispute.
    Trans Union has argued that its direct marketing lists conform to the Fair
Federal Reporting Act because they contain no protected or confidential
consumer information.  "Our lists contain only names and addresses with no
additional detail," explains Oscar Marquis, Trans Union's Vice
President/General Counsel.  "They are not credit reports."
    The decision of the Federal Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge was
not unexpected.  Trans Union believes the Federal Trade Commission has not met
its burden, and Trans Union will ultimately prevail again.
    Trans Union is the nation's leading consumer credit information company,
with owned and independent credit bureaus in all 50 states.  The company
provides a broad range of industries with products and services that include
credit reports, risk scoring models, target marketing systems, pre-employment
evaluation reports, skip tracing and search tools, customized lists,
transaction service; products that service both equity and first mortgage
lenders; as well as other information-based products.  Trans Union also offers
similar products through its international operations in Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Canada, Italy, Mexico and South Africa.  Offices have also
recently opened in Chile, Kenya, Peru and Spain.

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