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Credit Bureau and Agencies to obtain third-party information, including consumer and/or commercial credit reports, to assess creditworthiness, determine risk and fraud profiles, and support underwriting decisions.
We may also aggregate and/or de-identify your Data and may use such aggregate or de-identified information for any other purposes to the extent permitted under applicable law and not attempt to re-identify the information, unless required by law.
Comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities
"Credit Monitoring will not advise You if an item of identifying information is contained in the credit file of another person and in no event will Credit Monitoring ever monitor, compare or cross-reference Your credit file(s) with the credit file(s) of another person, nor will it ever provide You with any information contained in another person's credit file(s).Excerpt from Equifax's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “Credit Monitoring will not advise You if an item of identifying information is contained in the credit file of another person and in no event will Credit Monitoring ever monitor, compare or cross-reference Your credit file(s) with the credit file(s) of another person, nor will it ever provide You with …”
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