It should prevent other companies from getting your data. It does not stop Equifax from looking at the data they’re hoovering up. It’s going to take a law (something like the CCPA/CPRA) to destroy their Work Number product (by creating controls so tight on worker employment and compensation info a business can’t aggregate and sell it profitably).

Call your state and federal legislative representatives.

(It does appear California residents might be able to have The Work Number delete their data: https://myprivacy.equifax.com/personal-info)

Edit: I qualified my first sentence because Equifax might just ignore your workplace history freeze and hand out your info anyone.

>It does prevent other companies from getting your data.

I'm guessing that's what people in this thread are looking for? Surely not everyone here asking how to freeze (or providing instructions on how they did it) works at Equifax.