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0 pointsrvnx5y ago0 comments

Some data brokers are threatening you with "if you get removed from our database you will be marked as high risk of fraud and your transactions/orders you do online like hotel reservations will get rejected/put on hold for screening".

Well played. Absolutely legal but totally immoral

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throwaway_pdp095y ago

But is it true? If not then I'm pretty sure in the UK at least there's some law against it.

Silhouette5y ago

There are certainly rules in the GDPR about automated decision-making that might be relevant.

https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/

https://gdpr-info.eu/recitals/no-71/

jan65y ago

I don't know, but I'd think it's slightly true I'd guess you'll be marked in THEIR database, so if the hotel happens to use that company's lists, you might be marked, but not be high risk in anyone else's books...

nightcracker5y ago

That's not legal, because that is still personal information being stored. They have to delete it all, upon request.

JoshTriplett5y ago

The implication (whether true or false) is that some company might treat the absence of a record in their database as suspicious.

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