From your shopping habits to your address, data brokers have many of your most personal details. We show you how to check ...

From targeted ads to identity theft, discover how data brokers operate by collecting, compiling and selling your personal information.

Our data is a precious commodity, not only to us but to the many potential customers of data brokers who collect and sell it ...

Data brokers are tracking everything from your home address to your phone number. Here's how to decide between scrubbing it ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) – the government agency responsible for protecting consumers in financial matters – has withdrawn a rule proposed during the waning days of the Biden ...

The tragic events in Minnesota last month stand as a solemn reminder for all Americans to reflect and take action. The gunman who targeted lawmakers may have used people search websites to hunt down ...

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Consumer Financial ...

Data brokers are required by California law to provide ways for consumers to request their data be deleted. But good luck finding them. More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ ...