The Shadow Market: Who is Selling Your Life?
Privacy · 6 Chapters · The Industry That Knows More About You Than You Do
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There's a company you've never heard of that has your name, current address, previous addresses going back 20 years, estimated income, political affiliation, religion, health conditions, shopping habits, car ownership, relatives' names, and a "consumer score" rating your value as a target.
They didn't hack you. They bought this information legally — from other companies who also bought it legally — and packaged it into a file they sell to anyone willing to pay.
Search your own name on one of these sites. You may find your current address, your relatives, and people you haven't spoken to in years — all on the same page.
6 chapters. The full picture of who these companies are, what they know, who they sell to, and what you can actually do about it.
— Commander Shepard
