. "the product -- owned by the data broker red violet -- also supplies a given individual's address history; phone, vehicle and property records; bankruptcies; and liens and judgements, including foreclosure histories ..."
when financial institutions, employers, etc run this information then they typically have the customer/employee sign a form authorizing them to run this information.
I'm assuming no such form is being used currently but could be.
I don't have a problem with the information and if you have to hide the fact you run it then YOU are the problem. People are entitled to privacy. But the data is significant.
If it's worth knowing, then you can ask for the form to be signed to authorize collecting that data.
This is headed exactly where the media wants it to go. It's going to be an extremely tight race. It's going to come down to the same five or six states