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Data brokers know everything about you (ft. Yael Grauer)

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    guissmo
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    The sites on Github seem to always ask for State, which suggests most of these websites are US-only? I am curious what data brokers would have on me but I am not in the US. And I find little info...

    The sites on Github seem to always ask for State, which suggests most of these websites are US-only?

    I am curious what data brokers would have on me but I am not in the US. And I find little info on how to figure out how to know stuff.

    14 votes
    1. gil
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      Always wondered how big this issue is outside of US. I imagine this is completely illegal in Europe, I think I receive significantly less spam after GDPR. But a few years back recruiters would...

      Always wondered how big this issue is outside of US. I imagine this is completely illegal in Europe, I think I receive significantly less spam after GDPR. But a few years back recruiters would call me a lot and one told me they got my number from one of these brokers that offered a way of matching data with LinkedIn profiles.

      4 votes