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ehutch79 on May 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cookie law makes most UK websites illegal: what yo...

> When I go into a bank, I don't want the bank to know that I was rejected 10 times that same day somewhere else.

the bank does know this, it'd be in your credit report

also, ad networks are worse than the analytics companies.

dave1010uk on May 26, 2011 [–]

Off topic: It used to be that your credit report was only updated every 24 hours so if you were denied credit at a bank your best bet would be to go to other banks that same day. I guess it's faster now though.

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