• ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    79 months ago

    Every major cell provider offering non pre-paid service does this. You run your credit when you open the account, but they can hold on to the info in that credit app indefinitely. Usually it’s kept on file to make sure no one else attempts to open an account using your info. If a new app gets run with your social and they already have an account with that social, the new credit app gets flagged for review.

    • @InformalTrifle
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      239 months ago

      We need a GDPR equivalent, but US politicians aren’t interested in protecting individuals

      • Dark Arc
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        129 months ago

        We need identity to be disconnected from authorization so it hardly matters if your SSN leaks.

      • @EmpathicVagrant
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        69 months ago

        They’ll pay a fine of like $120M, appeal or have it waived down to $24M and a new law will be passed barring a class action or any further ramifications when it happens again.

      • @MsPenguinette
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        49 months ago

        Unless it’s tiktok and all the sudden they give all the shits