Data Brokers - Stanford CIS

Press • Nov 5, 2019

Column: Shadowy data brokers make the most of their invisibility cloak

"“Creating a list of data brokers is a first step in helping consumers know who these actors are, but that does nothing to constrain their practices,” said…

Press • Feb 19, 2018

Open records are in the public’s best interest

"“It’s certainly the case that birthday and name alone are unlikely by themselves to lead to identity theft, or they shouldn’t,” said Ryan Calo, a Universi…

Press • Jan 17, 2017

How FamilyTreeNow Makes Stalking Easy

"Companies rarely get in trouble if someone the uses personal information they sell in an unauthorized way, creating a “Wild West” where data brokers and p…