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• What does that mean? Equifax operates a credit bureau that collects payroll & salary data. So If you get fired, Equifax knows that week. Equifax leverages this knowledge by selling “employment status alerts” to lenders, banks, mortgage companies & debt collectors.
• This practice, and the Equifax specialty credit reporting agency behind it, were not well known at the time. And Equifax publicly denied they engaged in this type of “cross-contamination.”
• .@RedTapeChron was the first to obtain evidence from a consumer, Kathy Sandy, that Equifax was cross-contaminating salary and work data. But his piece is legendary for 3 reasons: first, he saw the matrix. Kathy brought him a 22 page credit report. He read it. And investigated.
• When the story of the fight against modern credit reporting surveillance is written, this 2013 investigation by @RedTapeChron will be remembered as the turning point. Bob was the first to confirm that Equifax is cross-contaminating credit files. https://t.co/AHP1CIID2b
• RT @paulmozur: Snapshot of a culture under siege. Our attempt to show what it feels like in Xinjiang right now. Blanketed with surveillance…
• @ronlieber @Equifax Thanks to you, @ITRCCEO , @RedTapeChron & others for tirelessly pushing reform. Your work on child credit freezes & child identity theft has collectively saved thousands of billable hours!