Screenshots shared with 404 Media show tenant screening services ApproveShield and Argyle taking much more data than they need. “Opt-out means no housing.”
The renter 404 Media spoke to said the same “credential-harvesting model now dominates Georgia rentals.” They pointed to other companies such as PayScore, Nova Credit (whose leadership includes an Argyle co-founder), and Snappt which also uses Argyle
Sounds like Georgia is at least one. You need the attention span to read through an otherwise terrible article to get to that point though.
From TFA
Sounds like Georgia is at least one. You need the attention span to read through an otherwise terrible article to get to that point though.
You also have to subscribe to get that far, without it all you get are the first 3 paragraphs.
While I know not everyone can afford it, 404 media is a news source without corporate bias, so you might want to toss them a coin.
I’m not subscribed, the link to archive.ph I posted elsewhere on this thread provides it all.