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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by jonny_eh on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:54AM (#15547828)
And if the banks had your money, even though you never gave it to them.
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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:51AM (#15548041)
> even though you never gave it to them

You can argue you were coerced into giving it to them. But at the end of the day, you signed bank and credit card and employment agreements that let your information be transmitted.

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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by pjc50 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @03:58AM (#15548285)
Because the alternative would be opting out of employment?

(How many places wouldn't un-hire you as soon as you insist they can't pay your bank account because you don't have one?)

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Re:U.S. Consumer Bureau Loses Fight to Allow More Class-Acti... by xbzbanna on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:45PM (#15551685)
Most employers will pay you with a check, which doesn't require a bank account to be cashed.
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