Senator Maggie Hassan’s report exposes how data brokers’ practices—and failures—have fueled scams and identity theft, ...

A wave of data brokers have registered with California’s data deletion platform as they prepare to erase consumers’ personal ...

Nicol Turner Lee, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the Golden State's Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform ...

You’ve been planning on fixing your brakes and Googling auto repair shops. At the same time, you have been longing to buy butterscotch fudge ripple ice cream and searching for it on your Instacart app ...

From your shopping habits to your address, data brokers have many of your most personal details. We show you how to check what's out there—and regain your privacy.

The new year has seen a variety of developments for companies that offer access to and analysis of personal data to their customers (data ...

The responsible gathering of data on consumers is intrinsic to the verification tools that keep everyone safe from identity theft and other forms of fraud. Blanket attacks on "data brokers" will harm ...

Four data brokers make their opt-out pages more accessible after a US senator calls them out for indexing tricks that prevented people from asking to have their data deleted.

Every time you sign up for a loyalty program, download an app, browse a website, or even register to vote, you may accidentally be contributing to a largely invisible industry that trades in your ...

A congressional investigation estimates broker breaches have cost consumers $20 billion in identity theft. Major brokers now promise to make it easier to opt out of their databases.

Open a broker’s listing: Clicking on a broker’s name brings up basic business information — such as address and contact details — plus an “opt out” section. That section explains how you can submit a ...