[jojojaf]

Wow ok that is pretty scary. From what I understand credit scores are pretty strictly regulated and this definitely needs to be too.

Is there some way for me to run my IP through a bot detection so I can check if what I'm doing is making a difference?

[LinuxBender]

Is there some way for me to run my IP through a bot detection so I can check if what I'm doing is making a difference?

Not really. Each company will have their own appliances. There is not a single source of trusted truth AFAIK. Some vendor devices may report back to their vendor but there are multiple vendors and I doubt any of them would expose a lookup tool given that malicious people could test which of their bots to use.

[jojojaf]

Oh I see, that makes sense.

Just to check I understand correctly, I need to clear my caches on any internet apps I use like the browser and YouTube etc., and I will also clear the cookies on my browser. Then I'll ring my ISP and ask for a new IP address, and then I'll repeat the cache clearing. Did I miss anything?

I tried to search for 'bot profiling' so I could try and read a bit more about this but I didn't really find too much of interest so far