Majority of credit bureau "CRIF" database illegal

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by EFF Deeplinks / noyb / Access Now at 27 Mar 2023, 08:36 UTC

Credit Scoring The frequently criticized credit referencing agency CRIF GmbH has collected addresses, dates of birth and names of almost all Austrians in order to calculate "creditworthiness values" without consent or any other legal basis. The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has now ruled…