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antdude
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FTC has its eye on regulating shadowy business of "data brokers"

»arstechnica.com/tech-pol ··· brokers/ -- "Big business: segmenting consumers with income, health, and other sensitive data..."

I hope FTC suceeds, but then I don't trust the governments. :/

therube
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Re: FTC has its eye on regulating shadowy business of "data brokers"

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The nine companies, chosen to represent a "cross-section of the industry," are Acxiom, Corelogic, Datalogix, eBureau, ID Analytics, Intelius, PeekYou, Rapleaf, and Recorded Future.

And no mention of the ones we're all familiar with; like Google & Facebook & Equirfax & the NSA & Lawyers & ...
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I hope FTC suceeds, but then I don't trust the governments. :/
So which is it? Get off the fence & make you mind up !
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(Oops. Someone is first & someone is second, U.S. regulator urges law to force disclosures by data brokers.)
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Wonder if SecLists would fall under the newly instituted laws regarding "data brokers" .
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Related, in a round-about way, Privacy vs Government Surveillance: where network effects meet public choice.
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This topic has been closed. Reason: More suitable topic exists

See: »U.S. regulator urges law to force disclosures by data brokers