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Experian, the massive data-broker with far-reaching influence over your ability to get a mortgage, credit-card, or job, sold extensive consumer records to an identity thieves' service called Superget.info. Superget specialized in supplying identity thieves with "fullz" -- full records of their victims, useful for impersonating them and for knowing where their assets are. Experian sold the data through a third part called "Court Ventures" -- which they later acquired -- and the sales continued for about a year. Experian bills itself as a service for people worried about identity theft. It's not clear whether Experian will face any penalty for the wrongdoing.
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All told, findget.me and superget.info acquired or sold fullz information on more than a half million people, the government alleges.
Experian should face massive and I mean massive penalties for this breach of confidence. Is there a way to know if your information was compromised?
Tim-
My Google-Fu fails to find an answer to your question -- however, I did find where you can put a lock on your report:
https://www.experian.com/freeze/center.html
Hmm, this could be a good way to protect oneself with all of the three reporting agencies. Simply freeze the report requested until given a security pin number. I like it and never knew about it. Would also stop all those credit card offers, and mortgage refi offers..
Thanks,
Tim-
I'm shocked there aren't more freemarket advocates going off about how this isn't a problem. Don't they trust the freemarket to correct itself in this matter? Oh wait... that's not a real solution. Hopefully, this company will be sued out of existence.
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