[_heimdall]

While I do agree that this data should be available for purchase at all, private companies don't have the same authority as the government.

Equifax can use it to alter my credit score and could have implication on a future credit application.

The FBI can use it as justification for a federal investigation that they may have otherwise had no justification for. They also have the ability to work with other branches of the government to file criminal charges and throw a person in prison for the rest of their life. I'm well aware that's a huge jump, but the point is the level of risk between a private company buying data and the FBI buying data is entirely different.