Data Brokers
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.' Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.
Experts Say Law Should Change to Stop DMVs From Selling Your Personal Data
Motherboard found that DMVs across the country are selling personal data likely without drivers’ knowledge, including to private investigators.
Black Market T-Mobile Location Data Tied to Spot of a Triple Murder
In 2017, two bounty hunters and a fugitive died in a chaotic shoot-out. Shortly after their deaths, someone started tracking one of the bounty hunter's phones.
What Are 'Data Brokers,' and Why Are They Scooping Up Information About You?
These sites you haven't heard of are sharing boatloads of data about you.
Here’s a Long List of Data Broker Sites and How to Opt-Out of Them
How to get off of people search sites like Pipl, Spokeo, and WhitePages.
What Are 'Data Brokers,' and Why Are They Scooping Up Information About You?
These sites you haven't heard of are sharing boatloads of data about you.
Cambridge Analytica's Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists
Thousands of third party apps were designed solely to obtain and sell your data. It's no surprise that the data ended up being used again on Facebook, one of the biggest advertising platforms on Earth.
Bernie Sanders Is Very Worried About Your Data
But if Sanders is serious about curbing the power of Big Data, he might want to start with his own website.
Yes, Someone Could Be Watching Your Every Move Through Your MacBook's Camera Right Now
Not to freak you out or anything, but you should probably be more paranoid when you're online.
Your Porn Is Watching You
“If you are watching porn online in 2015, you should expect that at some point your porn viewing history will be publicly released and attached to your name.”