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There is a way to "freeze" your job data I believe - totally different from freezing your credit. No idea how far it reaches but I have considered it myself. An

There is a way to "freeze" your job data I believe - totally different from freezing your credit. No idea how far it reaches but I have considered it myself. Anybody know how to do it?

eek2121 4y ago
The fair credit reporting act (FCRA) does not care about 'reasons'. Every company I have dealt with trying to go down that road has found themselves in a rather nasty end. Chex Systems, "WeWork", even a dating site. If you record data and then present it to others as factual history, you have to abide by the FCRA.
- dymk 4y ago
  Are you saying a credit freeze does or does not prevent companies from looking at your employment history?
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    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 https://myprivacy.equifax.com/personal-info ; I’m not a California resident, so please report back if this works) Edit: I qualified my first sentence because Equifax might just ignore your workplace data freeze and hand out your info anyway.
    - ziddoap 4y ago
      >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.
dax77 4y ago
This form: https://assets.equifax.com/wfs/theworknumber/assets/twn_Employment_Data_Freeze_Removal_Form.pdf https://assets.equifax.com/wfs/theworknumber/assets/twn_Empl... Mailed, or emailed to: TWNFreeze@equifax.com
toomuchtodo 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705428
- eyelidlessness 4y ago
  Wish I was surprised that I can’t access it. Somehow I zoomed in enough on my phone to sort of see the images without it placing half of them off screen(!), and correctly picked the images I could barely see. Got the green check mark and all. Got an error that I didn’t complete the CAPTCHA, did it again and another green check mark, but now it won’t submit at all.
- deleted 4y ago
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There is a way to "freeze" your job data I believe - totally different from freezing your credit. No idea how far it reaches but I have considered it myself. Anybody know how to do it?

eek2121 4y ago

The fair credit reporting act (FCRA) does not care about 'reasons'. Every company I have dealt with trying to go down that road has found themselves in a rather nasty end. Chex Systems, "WeWork", even a dating site. If you record data and then present it to others as factual history, you have to abide by the FCRA.

dymk 4y ago
Are you saying a credit freeze does or does not prevent companies from looking at your employment history?
- toomuchtodo 4y ago
  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 https://myprivacy.equifax.com/personal-info ; I’m not a California resident, so please report back if this works) Edit: I qualified my first sentence because Equifax might just ignore your workplace data freeze and hand out your info anyway.
  - ziddoap 4y ago
    >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.

dax77 4y ago

This form: https://assets.equifax.com/wfs/theworknumber/assets/twn_Employment_Data_Freeze_Removal_Form.pdf https://assets.equifax.com/wfs/theworknumber/assets/twn_Empl... Mailed, or emailed to: TWNFreeze@equifax.com

toomuchtodo 4y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27705428

eyelidlessness 4y ago
Wish I was surprised that I can’t access it. Somehow I zoomed in enough on my phone to sort of see the images without it placing half of them off screen(!), and correctly picked the images I could barely see. Got the green check mark and all. Got an error that I didn’t complete the CAPTCHA, did it again and another green check mark, but now it won’t submit at all.
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