'Trigger Leads' Aren't Just Annoying, They're Privacy Threats

If you’ve applied for a mortgage recently, you’ve probably also received a dozen cold calls from brokers trying to get you to apply for a mortgage with them. For the past few years, mortgage brokers have been paying credit bureaus to give them instant notifications — known as “trigger leads” — when people with a certain minimum credit score apply for a home loan. Then they barrage the applicants with phone calls in an attempt to get their business.