How Equifax Became a Private IRS

Re:How Equifax Became a Private IRS by cameronh90 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @08:34AM (#34503328)

Just the other day, I tried to sign up for a monthly rolling account with Sky TV so that I could watch The Last Of Us. About 20 minutes after I signed up, they cancelled my account due to a failed non-credit "identity check" with Experian. They won't tell me any information about what the issue is due to "data protection" other than to say there's nothing that I or anyone else can do.

My credit report looks fine but I'm guessing there's some incorrect data floating around somewhere, but I don't even know where to start in figuring out what's wrong since nobody will even discuss it with me.

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Re:How Equifax Became a Private IRS by jimz on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @01:33PM (#34507879)

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Re:How Equifax Became a Private IRS by e40 on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @04:50AM (#34516451)

Wow. Thanks for sharing. What a system we have wrought.

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Re:How Equifax Became a Private IRS by 9WwFaLaTtBDaoS on Friday January 27, 2023 @02:38AM (#34543616)

The last time I went to rent a vehicle I got denied due to my credit (lack of, I pay cash for everything so have nothing on my credit reports).

This despite the fact that I had been renting from this _same exact place_ for years prior. I was so enraged by this I said fuck it and went and purchased the vehicle (with cash) I was planning on renting and it will be a cold day in hell before I ever rent a vehicle again. How many industries are so anti-consumer and still in business?

In many ways, covid has emboldened a lot of companies to behave in shitty ways.

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