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by aptsurdist 3110 days ago
Class action lawsuit?

How is it okay that this information is even available from Experian in the first place?

I don't think anyone opted in to this. And I don't think there is any obvious way to opt out.

And Experian is not just some data tracking company watching your behavior on a website; they're supposed to be protecting our credit system. Do they obtain some of this information through special privileges because they're a pseudo-official credit score agency? If so, is this grounds for a class action lawsuit?

(As others have argued, this data is legally available through Experian, it just normally isn't free. https://www.experian.com/assets/dataselect/brochures/consume...)

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And they even have us all classified into consumer categories (and sub-categories!) with snappy little names: https://www.experian.com/assets/marketing-services/brochures...

"Blue Sky Boomers," "Significant Singles," "Pastoral Pride" (subgroups: "True Grit Americans," "Countrified Pragmatics," "Rural Southern Bliss," "Touch of Tradition").