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The clause establishes a stated limiting condition on data sharing, but 'legitimate purposes' is not defined in the excerpt, leaving the scope of permissible sharing open to Equifax's interpretation.
Interpretive note: The term 'legitimate purposes' is not defined in the excerpt, which makes the practical scope of this commitment indeterminate. The accompanying phrase about 'respecting the importance of data in the lives of individuals' is hortatory and was omitted from the canonical claim as it does not establish an independent legal proposition.
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The clause establishes a stated limiting condition on data sharing, but 'legitimate purposes' is not defined in the excerpt, leaving the scope of permissible sharing open to Equifax's interpretation.
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