Tag: Schufa
Cell phone provider data: In the shadow of Schufa
exclusive As of: October 12, 2023 6:00 p.m A Munich company collects data from millions of cell phone users. As with Schufa’s similar approach, the legal basis is questionable. The…
Cell phone provider data: wave of lawsuits because of Schufa? | tagesschau.de
exclusive As of: September 25, 2023 10:36 a.m According to a court ruling, mobile phone providers are apparently threatened with lawsuits because they are said to have illegally provided contract…
Credit Score – Schufa doesn’t want to be that important
A procedure before the European Court of Justice could at least partially shake the Schufa business model. It’s about the question of how important the automatically calculated Schufa score can…
The Schufa is nervous – economy
An impending judgment by the ECJ puts the credit agency under pressure. The court examines whether the assessments by Schufa violate the General Data Protection Regulation. Now she has sent…
Bonify: Massive data leak at Schufa subsidiary – a disaster for thousands of customers
San Francisco, the lost city forever About a third of the commercial space in San Francisco is empty, and 8,000 homeless people now live in the city center. How can…
Security gap: Schufa tenant information can be called up under someone else’s name
security breach Schufa tenant information available under someone else’s name There was a serious security gap in Schufa’s Bonify app. photo © Peter Kneffel/dpa With a new app, Schufa wants…
Credit reports in the Bonify app can be manipulated at times
Status: 07/24/2023 1:56 p.m The Bonify app has recently become available. With it, Schufa entries can be viewed. But right after the start there was the first data leak –…
Schufa via app: This is how the new data query works
faq Status: 07/18/2023 3:13 p.m All stored data on creditworthiness plus a warning system that informs about negative entries – that’s what the app from the Schufa subsidiary Bonify promises.…
Schufa: Free insight into your own creditworthiness with the Bonify app
Schufa: Free insight into your own creditworthiness with the Bonify app Consumers can now, if they wish, view the data on their creditworthiness calculated by Schufa free of charge. To…
How a Schufa subsidiary helps to avoid a Schufa entry
Status: 07/18/2023 06:00 a.m The Schufa subsidiary Bonify arranges Schufa-free loans for people in need of money – and thus shows them ways to circumvent the Schufa. An offer that…