4 ms·
Private information on people is Equifax's IP.
by ethbr1 2y ago
Private information on people is Equifax's IP.
- Zuiii 2y agoA collection of facts is not and can not be copyrightable, especially when it was mechanically derived/collected (no human creativity). So, no, it is absolutely not "Equifax's IP".
- dtech 2y agoOnly in the US. In the EU and other jurisdictions is does have protection [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_Union#Database_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_European_...
- hulitu 2y agoYeah, in the EU it does have Palantir's protection. /s
- adolph 2y agoSo I could copyright my SSN in the EU and sue Equifax et al.?
- rjmunro 2y agoNot on an individual basis. If you collected a large number of them and someone copied them from you, then you could have a database right claim, which is sort of similar to copyright, but much less powerful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_right
- basch 2y agowhich has yet to leak. as far as we know, the equifax data never became public.