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Have you ever had a post paid cellphone plan? Rented an apartment? Gotten car insurance? If so you are probably in the database. You can check what data these companies have on you here: https ://www.annualcreditreport.com/

>What's to stop them from re-entering society in 10 years only to discover they have a massive amount of debt?

Nothing. They would have to file several disputes.

>There must be some way for me to exclude myself from this market, from the woefully inadequate security practices of our financial system

There is not.

>I'd like to look into this 3rd party agency you mentioned, if you don't mind sharing the name.

I am not the person you are replying to but I do my credit monitoring with Credit Karma and it's free.




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