Data removal from brokers protects against AI-powered scams and deepfake threats in 2026. Learn how data brokers sell your ...

Billions of personal information records may have been exposed in April after a hacking group gained access to records from the background check service National Public Data (NPD), prompting warnings ...

Protecting your personal and financial information is very important, yet many of us don't think about it. The reality is that identity theft is one of America's fastest growing crimes and we must ...

Reviewing your Facebook data allows you to see what personal information Facebook has collected about you, helping you make informed decisions about your privacy settings. You might also need a copy ...

With personal data increasingly becoming a commodity, concerns over privacy and data security are more relevant than ever. The advent of digital tools and services has made it easier for data brokers ...

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You can ask Google to remove your personal information from their search results using a new form. Google will ask for examples of websites where your personal data appears, and will then review them.

Some of this is obvious. If you’ve ever maintained a LinkedIn profile, your work history, photo, and contact info was likely scraped and repackaged. If you list your home for sale, everyone in your ...

The following script is from "The Data Brokers" which aired on March 9, 2014. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Graham Messick and Maria Gavrilovic, producers. Over the past six months or so, a huge ...

Once something is on the internet, it’s almost impossible to take it down. But Google now makes it easier for anyone to request the removal of their personal information from Google’s own search ...