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Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by mehrdadn on Monday March 06, 2017 @03:29PM (#13805811)
> I found a data broker who had my info.

How...? Or do you just mean sites like InstanCheckmate themeselves?

> They offered a way to "correct" the record, so I added a car that I don't own

That's amazing! They didn't need proof? How did you convince them? Is this legal?

Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by uiri on Monday March 06, 2017 @07:00PM (#13807227)
Is this legal?

IANAL

That said, fraud is usually defined as "An intentional misrepresentation of material existing fact made by one person to another with knowledge of its falsity and for the purpose of inducing the other person to act, and upon which the other person relies with resulting injury or damage."

So, in order for such misinformation to be illegal, the data broker needs only to demonstrate injury or damage. Unless the data broker makes assurances to their customer about the truth of the information and gets sued by one of their customers for providing false information, I find it hard to believe that the data broker will be able to demonstrate injury or damages.

I think the data broker knows better than to make such claims about their data but who really knows. And it isn't like the downstream customers are going to independently verify all the information.

Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by mirimir on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @03:07AM (#13808965)
That makes no sense, unless there's a contract, or at least a business relationship.
Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ... by literallycancer on Monday March 06, 2017 @06:53PM (#13807182)
Why wouldn't it be? It's not like you are lying on tax forms.