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Hey Hacker News, I am Victor, the CTO of Truework (https://www.truework.com https://www.truework.com), a startup providing an alternative to Equifax / TheWorkN

Hey Hacker News, I am Victor, the CTO of Truework (https://www.truework.com https://www.truework.com), a startup providing an alternative to Equifax / TheWorkNumber. We are working to change the way employment & income information is shared by employers with a more privacy focused approach where you, as an employee, decide if you want to give the information with the requester. I started this company after I found out that Equifax shared my employment and income information without my consent when I was working at LinkedIn... AMA Also we're recruiting: https://www.truework.com/careers/ https://www.truework.com/careers/ !

itswednesday 7y ago
Does Equifax actually have my employment and income information? I thought it was just credit reports, etc
- _jal 7y ago
  This is probably what you're looking for: https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-review-and-dispute-the-salary-data-equifax-col-1822830098 https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-review-and-dispute-th...
- victorkab 7y ago
  Yes Equifax has accumulated employment and income information through their purchase of The Work Number (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_Number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_Number) in 2007. They have 200 million of employment records and likely a higher multiple of paychecks. They have a large share of the fortune 500 companies in the US. If you have worked for a large firm in the past, it's likely that every single one of your paycheck is somewhere in their database.
  - sjg007 7y ago
    Huh.. that sounds illegal.
craftyguy 7y ago
So yet another company vying for personal data on millions of people, and making a business model out of it. Great, just what the world needs. (Not.)
- flukus 7y ago
  You're not wrong, companies can add as much security as they like but there will still be breaches, root cause is them having the data in the first place.

itswednesday 7y ago

Does Equifax actually have my employment and income information? I thought it was just credit reports, etc

_jal 7y ago
This is probably what you're looking for: https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-review-and-dispute-the-salary-data-equifax-col-1822830098 https://twocents.lifehacker.com/how-to-review-and-dispute-th...
victorkab 7y ago
Yes Equifax has accumulated employment and income information through their purchase of The Work Number (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_Number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_Number) in 2007. They have 200 million of employment records and likely a higher multiple of paychecks. They have a large share of the fortune 500 companies in the US. If you have worked for a large firm in the past, it's likely that every single one of your paycheck is somewhere in their database.
- sjg007 7y ago
  Huh.. that sounds illegal.

craftyguy 7y ago

So yet another company vying for personal data on millions of people, and making a business model out of it. Great, just what the world needs. (Not.)

flukus 7y ago
You're not wrong, companies can add as much security as they like but there will still be breaches, root cause is them having the data in the first place.