HR Departments Tell Equifax Your Entire Salary History

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 5, 2013 @02:25AM from the please-explain-this-8-day-gap-in-2002 dept.

chiguy writes with this snippet From NBC News: "The Equifax credit reporting agency, with the aid of thousands of human resource departments around the country, has assembled...[a database]...containing 190 million employment and salary records covering more than one-third of U.S. adults...[Equifax] says [it] is adding 12 million records annually.' This salary information is for sale: "Its database is so detailed that it contains week-by-week paystub information dating back years for many individuals, as well as ... health care provider, whether someone has dental insurance and if they've ever filed an unemployment claim.""

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Re:Privacy And Sin by DarkOx · 2013-02-05 03:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't
stick
your
hand
out
to
far
it
might
go
home
in
another
car
Burma Shave

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his adventures would be hilarious by Thud457 · 2013-02-05 03:13 · Score: 5, Funny

"Randian Nutbag" would be an awesome superhero name.

Too bad he won't help anybody.

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