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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:00PM (#16546684)
Credit Karma does this for free.

https://www.creditkarma.com/credit-monitoring

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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by s73v3r_ on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:17PM (#16546818)
They sell your data so they can sell you loans and credit cards, though.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:21PM (#16546849)
My understanding is they don’t sell your data, but they do use it to recommend you financial products they make a commission from. I’m happy to be proven wrong.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by theandrewbailey on Thursday March 08, 2018 @03:14PM (#16547263)
That's what "selling your data" means anymore.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by namibj on Thursday March 08, 2018 @05:14PM (#16548198)
No, as long as they do not give it out to third parties. It is the same way Facebook does not sell your data, yet makes money from it.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by s73v3r_ on Thursday March 08, 2018 @07:22PM (#16548892)
It's still selling the data.
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Re:The New ID Theft: Millions of Credit Applicants Who Don’t... by zellyn on Thursday March 08, 2018 @02:24PM (#16546877)
It seems hard to believe 75 million people have signed up for Credit Karma: that would be like 1 in 4 for the entire US population. Am I missing something obvious?
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