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Right, this indirection seems to give them a "throat to choke" the next time this goes to court.

Opt out: https://employees.theworknumber.com/employee-data-freeze

I wish I could opt out. Unfortunately, my company refuses to provide such information except through The Work Number. So, the next time I apply to rent a home, I'd be out of luck with income or employment verification.

What I call opt out they call a freeze, a la a credit freeze. Perhaps it's possible to unfreeze/thaw/opt-in when you need the service?

I think it should be illegal to be registered for this by employer without explicit consent from the employee, forcing employees to opt out.

D'oh. In my tiredness, I misread it as freezing them receiving data, but now I see it's like the other firms, where they continue to receive and store data but stop honoring requests to share it.

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