lisa5•1d ago

I read that a single data broker can have up to 1,500 data points on one person

Found that in an article last week... it was talking about how they track everything from your car loan to your magazine subscriptions. Makes me miss the days when junk mail was just from the local hardware store. How do you even start to clean that up?

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taylor6681d ago

That magazine subscription detail is wild. It makes you wonder where they even get that stuff. Have you looked into those data broker opt-out sites, or does that whole process seem totally hopeless?

uma4091d agoMost Upvoted

Actually taylor668, those opt-out sites can work better than people think. I got my name removed from a few big ones like Whitepages and Spokeo last year. It took maybe an hour total to fill out the forms. Sure, new brokers pop up, but it cuts down on the junk mail and random calls. It's not a total fix, but calling it hopeless is giving up too easy. A little effort makes a difference.