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by guroot 3209 days ago
You do give your consent. Everytime you deal with a financial, or credit issuing institution.
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Of course, effectively, you don't have a choice - you need those financial institutions to live a normal life. Equifax (and other bureaus) are coercive monopolies.

I hope that this story will bring down the hammer on their heads - not just Equifax, all of them.