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Remove your personal info from the web (and stop it coming back)

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Briefings

A cybersecurity briefing highlights the prevalence of data brokers selling personal information to businesses, noting that while individuals can legally create businesses to scrape data, the market remains active. The evidence indicates hundreds of such brokers exist, often using vague terms like 'sharing data with selected partners' to obscure their practices. This snapshot from Cybersecurity Month provides context on the scale of the issue without detailing specific company names or financial figures.

Key points

• Hundreds of data brokers operate legally to sell personal data collected from the web to businesses.
• Many brokers use vague privacy terms such as 'sharing data with selected partners' to obscure their data collection and sale practices.

Context

This briefing addresses the cybersecurity risk of personal data being sold by entities that claim to operate legally, a situation highlighted during Cybersecurity Month.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to general observations of data broker existence and vague terminology; specific company names, financial figures, or dates are not provided.

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