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How is this even legal? How do we make this no longer possible? It seems like we need a new law to stop this unapproved sharing.

Did we ever agree to this?

Your employer sold the data to equifax. There's no law that makes your income a secret. I agree it's ridiculous.

Hold the phone. Your employer PAID Equifax (Talx) to take this data off their hands.

source: me, having read the contract at megacap tech firm