Yes, they are called data brokers and there are a lot of them, e.g. Acxiom, Kochava, Huq, X-Mode, SafeGraph and many more
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And there's plenty of credit score bureaus outside the big three, and they collect similar information and may not be lumped in with data brokers like LexisNexus.
I guess you could have a look at the free scan with Mozilla Monitor? I'd be worried less about LN, and more about all the shadier sites scraping public records and blasting your info all over the place. LN costs a fortune to use, while all the zillions ofscrapers just hemorrhage your data all over the place. You ever googled yourself?
You ever googled yourself?
Wow dude. A little personal, don’t you think?
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