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You don't have a choice. If you live in the US, and maybe other places, they have your credit information and will sell your info to other companies without your consent. It's an opt-out program where you have to pay to opt-out. Makes no sense to me. The way it should work is that they contact me every time someone requests a credit report on me (could be through phone, e-mail / IM, etc.). Then I give them permission if I want the report to be released. That would stop most credit fraud. Instead, they just hand over my personal financial information to anyone willing to pay for it without even asking me. It's a very broken system.
Signing up with Equifax Trusted ID Premier may waive your right to sue for damages. Equifax’s ‘help’ website may be costing people their right to sue https://www.dailydot.com/debug/equifax-breach-lawsuit/
The other thing that I hate about these credit companies is that they make their links look fake: https://trustedidpremier.com/eligibility/eligibility.html That doesn't look like Equifax to me. TrustedIDPremier sounds like some fake website looking to harvest more SSN. Why don't they host it under an equifax domain so people don't assume it's fake?? I hope they go bankrupt.
Disclaimers and disclosures don't indemnify against negligence...gonna be a fat class action methinks. Lawyers will get millions and consumers will get $1.42 each.
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