How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob Shavell from Abine DeleteMe to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites.

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00:00 Introducing Rob 01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites' 04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist? 06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone books? 13:27 Where does all this data come from? 18:17 How do these sites correlate data to an individual? 22:04 How do people investigate themselves? Is this a wordwide problem? 25:05 The emotional, personal, and 'real' side of privacy 29:05 What options do people have to address the problem? 34:22 Covering preventative measures 36:38 Covering automatic profile deletion & services like DeleteMe 38:41 What's the scope of what DeleteMe deletes? 41:05 Is DeleteMe available outside of the US? 42:18 What's the long-term solution to this problem? 47:03 Does privacy regulation impact DeleteMe effectiveness? 49:52 The story behind Rob, privacy, and DeleteMe 53:17 Closing Words #deleteme #privacy #techlore