You may not know these companies but they know you!

In this video I discuss data brokers who traffic your personal data online and I discuss a subscription service called DeleteMe which purges your data from these data broker websites.

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Links to source material used in this video...
Stalker’s paradise
https://www.computerworld.com/article/2481432/social-media-search--a-stalker-s-paradise-.html

Spokeo
https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/01/robins-v-spokeo-inc/

https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-alleges-spokeo.com-uses-illinois-residents-identities-for-advertising-without-consent

https://casetext.com/case/kellman-v-spokeo-inc

Intelius
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511034563-intelius-hit-with-class-action-alleging-their-personal-info-reports-violate-illinois-publicity-rights-law

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settlements/intelius-post-transaction-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/

Been Verified
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ftc-complaint-filed-against-data-broker-beenverified-leads-to-discussion-about-consumer-online-privacy-139214134.html

MyLife
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2020/07/whose-life-mylife-charged-creating-misleading-background-reports

Instant Checkmate and InfoTrack
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2014/04/two-data-brokers-settle-ftc-charges-they-sold-consumer-data-without-complying-protections-required

Statistics on identity theft
https://identitytheft.org/statistics/

Statistics on passwords
https://financesonline.com/password-statistics/

Article on Data Brokers selling data on U.S. Military members
https://www.cyberscoop.com/data-brokers-national-security-risk/

Data brokers spend millions in lobbying Congress
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/04/01/the-little-known-data-broker-industry-is-spending-big-bucks-lobbying-congress

https://proton.me/blog/political-campaigns-and-your-personal-data