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This makes me wonder. My employer has some customer data. We're very careful about not just letting any random employee access it without careful permission, au
by CobrastanJorji 9y ago
This makes me wonder. My employer has some customer data. We're very careful about not just letting any random employee access it without careful permission, auditing, logging, etc. Customer privacy is important to us.
At Equifax, though, information about random people isn't customer data. It's the product. They give it to anyone who asks for money. Do they have any motivation to say J random employee can't just look up everybody's data? Why? Letting you have free access to what they charge everyone else for would just be a perk, right?
- et-al 9y agoGiven that NSA employees in the past have abused that power, I wouldn't put it past current Equifax employees to do the same. https://www.wired.com/2013/09/nsa-stalking/ https://www.wired.com/2013/09/nsa-stalking/
- wahern 9y agoI believe it's quid pro quo. Equifax sells analytics services to corporations, and presumably you get a nice discount if you enter into an agreement to give them your information. Likewise for credit scores--why else would a lender report data to Equifax if Equifax wasn't purchasing that data, either directly or as part of a larger contractual arrangement.
- jstarfish 9y ago> Do they have any motivation to say J random employee can't just look up everybody's data? It violates FCRA at the very least.