HR Departments Tell Equifax Your Entire Salary History

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

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

This is modded +5, but any defense would be molded -1 troll. Thus does your online tribal moral society shut down debate, giving you an even more false sense of security in your positions.

I could grant you every last thing you said, and we're still spending well over 2x what we need. Also, your laws mentioned, every one of which you claim has rational basis, could net produce enough slowdown in the economy that people are harmed over a faster-moving one.

This doesn't enter into your calculus. You can't give out fast, cheap wi fi for free until trillions have been invested in private tech development.