Online data brokers are lightly regulated, making the danger of doxxing and harassment overwhelming.
Dr. Barbara Zipkin of Sherman Oaks contemplates while sitting on a counter top at Camelback Family Planning on April 18, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.Dr. Barbara Zipkin of Sherman Oaks contemplates while sitting on a counter top at Camelback Family Planning on April 18, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Data brokers are analytics companies that compile dossiers about all of us, combing thousands of sources, including DMVs, licensing agencies and social media. They then sell it to law enforcement, immigration authorities and insurance companies. , was interviewed for a state newspaper, a clinic received mailed threats meant for her.
Some of the clients represented by the organization have been doxxed or swatted, which is when someone calls in a false threat to someone’s home that results in a raid by a SWAT team. Ainsworth noted that this kind of harassment is extremely dangerous for people of color and people who have already been targeted by the criminal legal system.
One of the most daunting aspects is that data brokers constantly are scanning for public information. Ensley said her coworkers find it shocking that they need to repeat the information removal process over and over. She recommends reviewing data brokers for personal information each quarter. But the process isn’t easy and is often intentionally difficult to complete.
The expense can be difficult for both individuals and their employers. Some organizations do pay for personal information deletion services, but even then, if an employee leaves, the protection doesn’t follow them. This confusion about data brokers is common. The general public has never heard of most data brokers, and neither have many lawmakers, said Sarah Lamdan, a professor at CUNY Law School and author of “Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information,” even as there’s more data about us than ever before.
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