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Re:Tell HN: Salary data is for sale by cortesoft on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:43PM (#29834980)
Yeah, I used the work number thing to verify my salary for my mortgage.
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Re:Tell HN: Salary data is for sale by hypothesis on Friday January 07, 2022 @12:07AM (#29835195)
As in you had to interact directly with work number for that? Or do you mean that lender “magically” knew and pre-populated your salary info during application process?
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Re:Tell HN: Salary data is for sale by newtwilly on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:29AM (#29840230)
Not the parent, but my lender magically knew with just my name, position, company, and SSN. FWIW
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Re:Tell HN: Salary data is for sale by cortesoft on Friday January 07, 2022 @12:19PM (#29841778)
No, I contacted my work to get my ‘work number’, and then gave that to my mortgage lender.
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