we, the OKFDE, have no partnership with Bertelsmann
our partner, algorithmwatch, has - independently from this project - funding from Bertelsmann Stiftung
again the data is first delivered only to the user, afterwards he/she can decide what to do
The data and credit scores are sent from the credit score agencies to each person directly (via snail-mail). After that they can decide to upload their "anonymized" data or not.
In order to develop a privacy focused uploading process we started the crowdfunding campaign.
a. is disclosed by our partner algorithmwatch
b. the funding is not for this project
c. see https://twitter.com/OpenSchufa/status/964408780162150400
"Die SCHUFA ist die bekannteste Auskunftei & Marktführer; wir fordern in unserer Projektbeschreibung u.a.: "Die SCHUFA & andere Auskunfteien müssen öffentlich & permanent darlegen, wie ihr Score funktioniert bzw. welche Modelle/Annahmen ihm zu Grunde liegen (Nachvollziehbarkeit)"
d. read https://okfn.de/blog/2018/02/openschufa-english/#update (we already requesting infoscore Consumer Data GmbH data)