In the US, consumers can freeze their credit worthiness records and receive a code. When the records are frozen, the only orgs that can access the records are those already doing business with the consumer. If a consumer wants to open up a new account, they share the code with the prospective creditor who uses it to see the...
keeping track of people credit history is a huge violation of GDPR and would be illegal in the EU
it is not precisely answering the question, but here in czechia, debt collecting is a private and pretty shady business. there is centralized database of these debts and literally anyone can check literally anyone else in the database, provided you know the person's equivalent of social security number, at any post office.
that is not the debt from credit cards as americans understand it, but debt where you had to pay something and didn't, maybe you got behind on your rent or w/e, and the court confirmed the debt and allowed it to go to private debt collecting.
I could do this in about five seconds with Corel PhotoPaint.
that is because you are familiar with corel photopaint. i could do that faster than you in gimp, because i am familiar with gimp.
and yes, using tool capable of doing lot of complex tasks takes more time to learn than some single-purpose tool that is optimized to do one task (and even then you have to learn how to use it). that is like wondering that learning to pilot aircraft takes longer than learning to ride on a bicycle.
Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.
no one should have to fight for their right, but that doesn't change the fact that non-trans people enjoy customizing their os as well. so answer to the original question is yes, it is a loud minority.
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In the US, consumers can freeze their credit worthiness records and receive a code. When the records are frozen, the only orgs that can access the records are those already doing business with the consumer. If a consumer wants to open up a new account, they share the code with the prospective creditor who uses it to see the...
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