Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by Khol 3015 days ago
Consider: - A landlord holding incorrect data on rental payments. - A company holding personal financial data.

In both of these cases if the information is misused it has consequences for the individual, and (relatively) higher cost for the individual on minimum wage.

In the former, this can affect your future ability to find housing. This potentially leads to extraordinary stress.

In the latter the consequences again affect both wealthy and poor, but the person living hand to mouth faces much more serious consequences if their wages are adminstratively docked to pay for costs fraudulently registered in their name. Further, they're unlikely to be able to pay an expert to resolve this or take time out of work to do this themselves.