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If you have information in The Work Number, it means your employer gave it to them. Employers do this because it allows them to outsource income verification.
by wl 12y ago
If you have information in The Work Number, it means your employer gave it to them. Employers do this because it allows them to outsource income verification.
I know of no way to opt out of it other than quitting. Also, while income information can only be accessed if you consent, collection agencies can get accounts that allow them to see the home address you have on file with them.
- michaelochurch 12y agoSo are you saying that companies can't get income information on, say, prospective job candidates?
- wl 12y agoAccording to Equifax, you need to give someone a code you generate at their website in order to release their income information. They're careful not to mention their sale of data other than income information to debt collectors, though.