Data brokers sell your data to companies that want to use it for marketing. They can be shady – so you have to stay ahead of the game!
People search sites are annoying and invasive. They make money by collecting your information from a variety of public sources to create personal profiles that they sell to other people. Here’s how to remove yourself from people search sites! If you’ve ever done a search of your name online, you likely have seen results from […]
The United States has the dubious honor of being the world’s most breached country. And we have the largest data brokers in America to blame! For a population of 326 million, we had 6 billion personal records hacked, leaked or stolen in 2019. That’s 19 per person! The fact that we have some of the […]
As a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is the first law of its kind in the U.S. that grants citizens control over their data. However, this is dependent on how much you understand about it and your ability to make good use of it. Generally, the CCPA takes a broader view than […]
If you’ve ever asked yourself, or anyone, the question, “what are data brokers,” then congratulations, dear friend. You have taken the most basic step you’ll need to protect your privacy on the internet and to protect yourself in the physical world. How? Well, you’ve chosen to educate yourself. The relatively unrestrictive privacy laws in the […]
