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Re:Equifax security freeze PINs are the timestamp of when yo... by KyeRussell on Saturday September 09, 2017 @08:40PM (#15209884)
I mean...you consent when you hand your details over to a financial institution. How credit reporting agencies end up with your information is very straight-forward. Save the alarmist rhetoric for the headlines.
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Re:Equifax security freeze PINs are the timestamp of when yo... by c3534l on Sunday September 10, 2017 @08:27PM (#15215040)
> “There’s nothing in any statute or anything else that allows you to ask Equifax to remove your data or have all your data disappear if you say you no longer trust it,” said John Ulzheimer, a consumer credit expert

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/technology/seriously-equi...

That sounds to me like I don't own my own data.

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