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By locking your credit however you are denying them the future business of selling your credit profile. Think if everyone did it.

But yes it's completely outrageous - you have to pay someone you didn't approve of having you data in the first place from giving it to another party likely did't approve of also having it.

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Actually, freezing your credit does nothing to stop the bureaus from selling, mining, combining or otherwise doing what they want with the data they hold about you.

I agree with you and your implications! Only through our efforts can we push back though.

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