#databrokers — Public Fediverse posts

"CIG’s tracking technique allows researchers to geofence an area, search for devices inside it during a specific date range, then examine them by language setting and follow their movements" - Wild how much you can get from "anonymous" ad targeting data

https://www.ft.com/content/32592ab6-4385-4f43-95b7-f29cb2abab32

#AdTech #DataBrokers #Surveillancecapitalism

Gizmodo: Your McDonald’s File is Probably Bigger Than Your FBI File. “Wired reporter Reece Rogers requested the information that the fast food giant had stashed on him, and received a 515-page report that included predictions on how often he’d frequent the restaurant, when and where he was most likely to visit, and what he was most likely to order.”

If you are a user of #DownDetector, do not install their mobile app. Their old app has been mothballed and your pointed toward the #Speedtest app. This app was written by data brokers #Ookla. Don't feed the #surveillance economy. Just say no to #DataBrokers.

Personal data is often collected and sold without consent, leading to increased spam and potential scams. Incogni offers an automated solution to remove your family's information from data brokers, enhancing privacy and reducing unwanted communications. They're currently offering a 55% discount, making it more accessible to protect your family's online presence.

#Privacy #DataProtection #Incogni #CyberSecurity #OnlineSafety #DataBrokers

https://thedailytechfeed.com/protect-your-familys-privacy-with-incognis-55-discount/

Planning on keeping your privacy and start data broker removal / opt out by yourself ? We wrote an article on creating your own profile so you can start researching what data brokers might have your information. Data broker removal is effective if you target the data brokers that have your information instead of just sending a mass opt out request that supply your information to brokers that didnt have it. #privacy #databrokers #optout #pii #gdpr #removal https://privacyinsightsolutions.com/blog/data-broker-removal-profile

#MobileAd Software Encourages #LocationData Sharing, @eff Report Finds

#Developers Must Beware of #Ad Libraries that Betray Users’ #Privacy

SAN FRANCISCO – Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by #advertising companies to help developers #monetize their apps are automatically feeding users’ #location data into systems that location #databrokers use to track people, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report found.
#sdk #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-finds

DROP just dropped!

If you're in #California you can now opt-out of your personal data being sold by #databrokers by visiting https://privacy.ca.gov/drop/

#privacyMatters #optout #privacy

https://overcast.fm/+AALdYckuclU

Naomi Brockwell always produces a good podcast/ youtube video.

This one certainly makes you think we are turning
full circle on #privacy and #surveillance.

It often feels like a war we cant win but the secret is to keep trying. Don’t give in to Governments that demamd the right to see everything we do, don’t use those companies that sell your data to #databrokers, keep harassing the #BigTech companies and Government departments that purposely ignore privacy laws with nobody seeming to hold them to account.

California's DROP becomes enforceable on 1 August: one request, every
registered data broker.

It does not touch real-time bidding. Every page load broadcasts a bid
request to every DSP in the auction, winners and losers alike. Google's
own documentation puts that at 2,051 entities in the US.

ICCL found purchasable segments for Pentagon staff, active military by
branch and judges.

Deletion rights operate on records. This is a broadcast. There is no
holder to serve.

https://privacyinsightsolutions.com/blog/real-time-bidding-data-deletion

#InfoSec #Privacy #DataBrokers #AdTech #RTB #DeleteAct #DROP #US #Realtimebidding

Reuters: US FTC sues Hims & Hers for sending user health info to Meta, Snap. “The U.S. Federal Trade ​Commission sued Hims & Hers on Wednesday alleging the telehealth platform shared users’ health ‌data with online advertisers, despite promising privacy, and engaged in deceptive billing and cancellation practices.”

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