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There are, indeed, very few of them. They just happen to be your employer (Background and credit checks), your landlord (Background and credit checks), and your bank (Credit checks).

I'm not sure Facebook, Google, etc, are quite as capable, or as motivated as any one of those three, when it comes to making your life very uncomfortable.




And doctors, but in the US they are covered by HIPPA.




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