Is this true? "In the EU you can request that #Equifax [#EFX] delete the data they have about you" (https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13428474&cid=58143858) EFX is in the US & the #GDPR is in the EU. Does EFX also do business in the EU?
@resist1984 Most large companies with business presence in EU do offer removal of user data and other requests mandated by GDPR - just search for "COMPANY gdpr request". They absolutely do it painful and obscure, but it's absolutely possible and I've done it with some. For Equifax see https://www.equifax.co.uk/crain/
@kravietz Interesting to see EFX is in the UK. paragraph 11: "it will not be appropriate for the credit reference agencies to restrict or to stop processing or delete credit reference data, for example, where the result would be to hide a poor credit history" LOL. So if the data is damaging EFX won't delete it. And since the UK is no longer in the EU, the GDPR is toast.
@resist1984 I would be so sure about the last one because GDPR is a directive. EU directives, as a principle, are implemented into the national laws of the member states, including UK before Brexit.
@kravietz ah, i didn't realize it was a directive. But Brits don't generally care about privacy.. e.g. culturally they see nothing wrong with a cop searching them at random or systemically without probable cause (hence why 4A exists in the US), so I'm sure it's just a matter of time before GDPR laws are revoked there.
@kravietz With GDPR laws withstanding in the UK at the moment, it's surprising that #Equifax can say they ignore requests for data deletion if the data is detrimental to the subject. I don't recall the #GDPR having that exception, which makes the protection quite weak.