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> Companies pay Experian money to access information about individuals

And your firm pays Experian/Equifax/etc. to GIVE information about you, e.g., automated employment verification.

And Experian pays your company for the data through programs like The Work Number

And your employer feeds their payroll into Experian and its partners so it can then resell that information.

someone shoudl be able to freeze their work number to preven this correct? or am I thinking of something else

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