16 stories tagged data-brokers, newest first.
15 points by eeko_systems | 5 comments
An AP News-hosted Newsfile press release, linked under a title asking why data companies are acquiring internal data; no page content was captured.
431 points by bookofjoe | 221 comments
A Verge column by Andrew Hawkins on how much personal data modern cars collect and sell to third parties.
917 points by toomuchtodo | 136 comments
Hunton law firm blog post reporting that Virginia enacted a law banning the sale of precise geolocation data.
1020 points by arkadiyt | 538 comments
A security blog post describing how the author physically removed the cellular modem and GPS from a 2024 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid to stop telemetry collection.
695 points by hn_acker | 176 comments
Lawfare article by Tom Uren, from the Seriously Risky Business newsletter, arguing that the sale of precise geolocation data should be banned.
392 points by jbegley | 143 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the bureau buys commercial location data to track US citizens, prompted by questioning from Sen. Wyden.
570 points by Fnoord | 338 comments
Follow the Money investigative article on European health data being sold to a US company run by former Israeli intelligence officers.
457 points by exiguus | 245 comments
EFF Deeplinks article reporting that data brokers are selling travelers' flight information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE.
1751 points by apokryptein | 552 comments
Blog post in which the author investigates how in-app advertising leaks his geolocation data, prompted by the Gravy Analytics data leak.
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452 points by troydavis | 224 comments
PDF of a class action complaint filed against General Motors, OnStar, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions, hosted by the New York Times.
549 points by todsacerdoti | 142 comments
KrebsOnSecurity investigation finding that the CEO of data-removal service Onerep.com, operating from Belarus and Cyprus, founded dozens of people-search sites.
366 points by rntn | 167 comments
Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.
533 points by gslin | 206 comments
EFF Deeplinks article by Hayley Tsukayama arguing that Mastercard should stop selling cardholders' transaction data.
523 points by kmfrk | 362 comments
A 404 Media investigation into how hackers use credit-bureau-linked lookup services like TLO and USinfoSearch to dox nearly anyone in America for about $15.
500 points by pondsider | 122 comments
WSJ article on a proposed Massachusetts law that would be the first U.S. ban on selling cellphone location data.
417 points by benwerd | 198 comments
Wired article on a declassified ODNI report revealing that US federal agencies are buying large amounts of commercially available data about Americans.