From the browser to the back end, the ‘boring’ choice is exciting again. We look at three trends converging to bring SQL back ...

Discover how insurance brokers earn through commissions and fees, and their role in helping clients select the best insurance policies.

Senator Maggie Hassan’s report exposes how data brokers’ practices—and failures—have fueled scams and identity theft, ...

A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

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Tens of thousands of Californians have already signed up for the state's new tool to try and stop their data from being sold by brokers, officials say. Gov. Gavin Newsom is touting the rollout of the ...

Despite multiple attempts to force the firm into compliance, Datamasters reportedly resisted, while continuing to operate as an unregistered data broker. According to the decision, which was signed on ...

Even if you don't live in the Golden State, there are other ways to request that your information be deleted. Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke ...

Californians are getting a new, supercharged way to stop data brokers from hoarding and selling their personal information, as a recently enacted law that’s among the strictest in the nation took ...

As you think about New Year's resolutions, consider one that protects every part of your life in 2026: removing your personal data from the internet. Not your social media posts. Not your email ...

Open your browser. Search your name. The results might shock you. Data broker sites are watching, cataloging, and selling. Your digital footprint feeds their machine. Birthdate, phone number, address, ...

“Six cows were smoking joints and playing poker. That's right: The steaks were pretty high.” The steaks, uh, stakes, are high when changes to our housing finance system occur, or actions are taken ...