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#databroker

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Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:

Heads up, folks:

Michael Kan reports that National Public Data is back under new owners: pcmag.com/news/site-behind-maj

Here is the direct link to their opt-out page instructions:
nationalpublicdata.com/optout.

I had opted out previously after their humongous #databreach last year. When I checked my name now, it did not find my profile, so if you opted out before, you may still be opted out, but better safe than sorry: check and opt-out if needed.

#NPD#NationalPublicData#OptOut
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Airline-Owned #DataBroker Selling Your #Flight Info to #DHS Finally Registers as a Data Broker
It’s a legal requirement for #databrokers to register in the state of #California. ARC, the airlines-owned data broker that has been selling your flight information to the government for years, only just registered after being contacted by the office of Senator Ron Wyden.
404media.co/airline-owned-data
archive.ph/DEHws

404 Media · Airline-Owned Data Broker Selling Your Flight Info to DHS Finally Registers as a Data BrokerIt’s a legal requirement for data brokers to register in the state of California. ARC, the airlines-owned data broker that has been selling your flight information to the government for years, only just registered after being contacted by the office of Senator Ron Wyden.
Wladimir Mufty

✈️ Airlines Reporting Corporation (#ARC) requested that 🚔 US Customs and Border Protection Agency (#CBP) not publicly reveal that ARC had provided the data. 🤫

Saying: “why does it matter if you got nothing to hide” is on so many levels relevant and deeply black humor cynical.

#databroker #ice

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/data

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICEFor many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies....
N-gated Hacker News

🚨Breaking News: Turns out, your flight info isn't as private as that middle seat you booked. ✈️😱 Data brokers are practically giving it away to #CBP and #ICE, because who doesn't love an uninvited audience for their mid-flight nap? 💼🛑
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/data #flightprivacy #databroker #travelnews #cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Data Brokers are Selling Your Flight Information to CBP and ICEFor many years, data brokers have existed in the shadows, exploiting gaps in privacy laws to harvest our information—all for their own profit. They sell our precise movements without our knowledge or meaningful consent to a variety of private and state actors, including law enforcement agencies....
#cryptohagen

En fælles undersøgelse fra @eff og Privacy Rights Clearinghouse har fundet huller i 🇺🇸 love om registrering af data brokers, der gør det muligt for virksomheder at registrere sig som #databroker i nogle stater, men ikke i andre, hvilket giver dem mulighed for at omgå lovgivning om privatlivets fred #privacy
cyberscoop.com/many-data-broke

CyberScoop · Many data brokers aren’t registering across state lines, privacy groups sayBy Derek B. Johnson
PrivacyDigest

Why Are Hundreds of #DataBrokers Not Registering with States?

Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. These findings come as more states are passing #DataBroker #transparency laws that require brokers to provide information about their business and, in some cases, give consumers an easy way to opt out.
#privacy #security

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/why-

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Why Are Hundreds of Data Brokers Not Registering with States?Hundreds of data brokers have not registered with state consumer protection agencies. A new analysis by Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reveals that many data brokers registered in one state aren’t registered in others.
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