They don't remove data related to your FICO score that they can legally keep for that purpose.
They remove any other data about you that they collect and would otherwise 'anonymize' and sell. You can ask them to give you the data first before asking them to delete it if you're interested in what it specifically is.
Yep. I also heard a podcast about a woman who was born at home and never got a social security number. So to the government and to creditors she didn't exist and it was a nightmare for her to do anything financially that most people don't even think about.
They remove any other data about you that they collect and would otherwise 'anonymize' and sell. You can ask them to give you the data first before asking them to delete it if you're interested in what it specifically is.