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Is there such a thing as a data broker map?
(lemmy.world)
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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They checked over 160 brokers and my info was only on 71 of them, which they opted out of. There are probably more data broker sites who use the data on one of these so the rest of my info got scrubbed that way.
You said I'm not good with searching myself, how do you suggest I look for myself then?
I'm just saying that worst case scenario, I will repeat to them information they could've easily found online already, so there's not much damage they can do that hasn't already been done.
Yes, some of these brokers might re-add, this is why I pay for the service, it will check again throughout the year, every 4 months iirc. If you were to do this manually, I don't think you would have the time or patience to opt out of over 160 sites every 4 months.