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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by CobrastanJorji on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:35PM (#15503384)
This makes me wonder. My employer has some customer data. We're very careful about not just letting any random employee access it without careful permission, auditing, logging, etc. Customer privacy is important to us.

At Equifax, though, information about random people isn't customer data. It's the product. They give it to anyone who asks for money. Do they have any motivation to say J random employee can't just look up everybody's data? Why? Letting you have free access to what they charge everyone else for would just be a perk, right?

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by wahern on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @07:33PM (#15504222)
I believe it's quid pro quo. Equifax sells analytics services to corporations, and presumably you get a nice discount if you enter into an agreement to give them your information.

Likewise for credit scores--why else would a lender report data to Equifax if Equifax wasn't purchasing that data, either directly or as part of a larger contractual arrangement.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by jstarfish on Thursday October 19, 2017 @04:02AM (#15506214)
> Do they have any motivation to say J random employee can't just look up everybody's data?

It violates FCRA at the very least.

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Re:New law bans California employers from asking applicants ... by et-al on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @06:49PM (#15503961)
Given that NSA employees in the past have abused that power, I wouldn't put it past current Equifax employees to do the same.

https://www.wired.com/2013/09/nsa-stalking/

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