#data-brokers — Public Fediverse posts

Future of Privacy Forum: FPF Releases New Issue Brief on U.S. “Data Broker” Regulatory Landscape. “To help make sense of this rapidly evolving regulatory space, FPF is releasing a new issue brief, The Boundaries of Data Brokerage: An Overview of the U.S. Regulatory Landscape. This issue brief provides an overview of the emerging regulatory landscape—focusing on recently enacted state and […]

Pluralistic: California's privacy obstacle course (23 Jul 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/

«Data Broking — Apps für US-Militär beinhalten chinesischen und russischen Code:
Fast 40 Prozent der untersuchten Apps sammelten mehr Daten, als sie in den App-Stores angaben»

Wie jetzt, die haben das erst jetzt bemerkt?! Ach so, wenn ein Anderer dich aushorcht ist es schlimm aber wenn selber dann easy normalo!1!! Es sind einfach alle online Produkte.

🤷 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000332254/apps-fuer-us-militaer-beinhalten-chinesischen-und-russischen-code

#usmilitaer #usa #handy #smartphone #privatsphare #spionage #app #sicherheit #databrokers #china #russland

Georgia Tech: Online Age Checks Create a Pointless Privacy Risk. “New cybersecurity research indicates that one of the world’s leading age verification providers collects and shares highly sensitive personal data with third parties and in some cases don’t even enforce the policy.”

Protect Your #Privacy with California's #DROP Tool

Are you a #California resident? Then we've got exciting news for you: there's a tool just for you that lets you take a single, relatively easy step to protect your privacy.

It's called a DROP request. (That's Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, if you're fancy). This one bit of paperwork lets you tell every data broker registered in the state of California that you'd like them to delete your information from their databases and request they stop selling and sharing your information.
#databrokers

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/what-you-need-know-about-californias-drop-tool

Courthouse News Service: Toyota broadsided by website tracking class action. “Toyota was hit with a ‘trap and trace’ class action, over what the plaintiff calls an ‘outrageous privacy “bait and switch” scheme.’ In a class action filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, lead plaintiff Brittany Conner claims the Japanese automaker ‘secretly tracks, de-anonymizes and sells visitors’ […]

As the EU doesnt have a data broker registry, we have extracted the framework to identify possible databrokers . The study researched data brokers within Belgium, the methodology developed is designed to be transferable. We made it into a usable how to so you can discover data broker on your own, or help people to opt out. #privacy #privacymatters #EU #europe #GDPR #databrokers

https://privacyinsightsolutions.com/blog/how-to-identify-data-brokers-eu

(original from Data Brokers Market Study, by Ruben d'Hauwers EPDB 2026 "the methodology developed and applied in this study
is designed to be transferable and may serve as a valuable reference for other supervisory
authorities across the EU wishing to conduct similar investigations")

“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to pay data broker giant Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to its databases of personal data — which includes peoples’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers, ethnicity, social media posts, and geolocation information — to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigate what it describes as “voters fraud” and immigration fraud, according to procurement documents reviewed by 404 Media. The document says Thomson Reuters is able to let ICE continuously monitor millions of people and entities of interest.

The news comes after President Trump held a conspiracy-laden and unhinged press conference about election security on Thursday, setting the stage for potentially undermining the legitimacy of the upcoming midterm elections. It also follows ICE fatally shooting 2 people in a week.

“Due to ICE’s re-prioritized mission, there is need for this data to be readily accessible to support the presidential mandate of the identification of Voters Fraud, Immigration Fraud and National Security,” the procurement document reads. “This data specifically validates and verifies school, benefit, immigration and other eligibility requirements.””

https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/

#USA #ICE #DataBrokers #ThomsonReuters #Trump #Surveillance #Privacy #Immigration

ICE Is Using Data Broker Tools to ‘Identify Unaccompanied Minors’ and ‘Fraud’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/ice-unaccompanied-minors-fraud-suspects-trss-contract/

Why can’t we delete this account? — via Christophe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbCwWdVrduc

#Data #Privacy #Delete #DeleteYourAccount #DataBrokers

99% of Californians haven't yet used #DROP to delete their personal information from registered data brokers. What's stopping you? #DataBrokers https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/12/californians-sign-up-protect-sensitive-personal-data-brokers/

99% of Californians haven't yet used #DROP to delete their personal information from registered data brokers. What's stopping you? #DataBrokers https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/12/californians-sign-up-protect-sensitive-personal-data-brokers/

New Jersey Globe: N.J. campaigns brace for voter data shutdown under new law. “The law, signed by Gov. Mikie Sherrill on June 30, creates the nation’s most aggressive regulation of the consumer data industry, imposing annual registration fees of up to $1.5 million on certain companies that sell or license personal data and civil penalties of up to $50,000 per record for unlawful sales of […]

On June 30, 2026, New Jersey quietly enacted one of the most onerous and sweeping data broker regimes in the nation, while simultaneously banning the sale of sensitive data.

#Privacy #DataBrokers #Compliance #StatePrivacyLaws

https://www.zwillgen.com/alternative-data/new-jersey-enacts-data-broker-registration-requirements-sensitive-data-restrictions

Cal Matters: Californians can protect their personal data with one click. Help us test if it works. “Starting at the beginning of this year, the California Privacy Protection Agency allowed residents of the state to sign up for the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, or DROP. The tool lets consumers send an instant request to hundreds of data brokers, asking them to delete their data and stop […]