There's a clear and reasonable precedent that *some* jobs require folks with a history of financial prudence and responsibility...particularly folks who handle/control money.


But it's not really *your* privacy...you made an agreement and than failed to follow through...the person who was on the losing end of that is certainly free to make that info available to others with an interest in knowing. I think employers have a fair right to know this sort of thing so they don't hire crooks or irresponsible people. Now that said, the employer should have a due diligence to consider the circumstances...someone who got caught up in a bad divorce or housing bubble situation should not really be lumped in with crooks and serial credit abusers.