I spent the weekend researching data removal methods and decided to start with my credit report. I’m not even going to get into all of the alarming privacy invasions that popped up during this process. But when I got to the experian report, I was met with T&C box that says I have to hand over my phone carrier info and it wouldn’t let me proceed without doing so. The bureaus are legally required to give you one free report a year. It’s bad enough that these companies are even given rights to my data and now they’re using it to request further information.
I’m just so angry, frustrated, and violated.
Been a while, but in several US states where the free report was mandated, they also allowed a request to be mailed in, of even faxed. Old school, but I would be surprised if they don’t still have some of those methods, and probably don’t require web form consents to privacy invading terms.
I’m pretty sure that federally it’s mandated that you have to be able to mail it in.
Credit reporting agencies are legally required to provide you a copy for free. However, like all billionaire corporations, they have become so confident in their ability to manipulate both the government and the public’s ability to make informed decisions, that they know longer care to hide the fact that they are committing a crime.
Don’t use credit.
Write them a physical letter. Tell them phones are against your religion. You are amish now.
Try GDPR them. Fuck their form.
I wonder if it affects them if they are collecting purchasing data from US citizens residing in the EU. If nothing else, the US military and diplomats are there. From what I’ve found, it protects anyone in the EU, citizen or not.
I’m not really sure what you expect to be able to do with your credit report, but you should request it through https://www.annualcreditreport.com/. That’s the legit source.
This happened on annualcreditreport.com.
