There is a fundamental difference between being required to furnish the information yourself and the 2nd party asking a 3rd party for information. If the 2nd p

There is a fundamental difference between being required to furnish the information yourself and the 2nd party asking a 3rd party for information. If the 2nd party requires you to pay for their request to the 3rd party then I'd say there isn't a difference. Although I mean unless you've established at least a correlation between some piece of information and say ability to pay then you really shouldn't be asking for it ...