{"id":734,"date":"2021-08-23T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centers-dewitt.sanford.duke.edu\/techpolicy\/?page_id=734"},"modified":"2021-08-23T07:00:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T11:00:55","slug":"report-data-brokers-and-sensitive-data-on-u-s-individuals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu\/report-data-brokers-and-sensitive-data-on-u-s-individuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Data Brokers and Sensitive Data on U.S. Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full Text:\u00a0<\/strong>Data Brokers and Sensitive Data on US Individuals – Sherman, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Overview:<\/b>\u00a0This report examines 10 major data brokers and the highly sensitive data they hold on U.S. individuals. It finds that data brokers are openly and explicitly advertising data for sale on U.S. individuals\u2019 sensitive demographic information, on U.S. individuals\u2019 political preferences and beliefs, on U.S. individuals\u2019 whereabouts and even real-time GPS locations, on current and former U.S. military personnel, and on current U.S. government employees. It first describes the problem of virtually unregulated data brokerage in the United States. It then describes the findings of research conducted for this paper on data brokers openly and explicitly advertising sensitive data on U.S. individuals, including a specific analysis of data relating to military personnel. It then concludes with policy implications for the United States\u2014including ways this data collection, aggregation, selling, and sharing threatens civil rights, national security, and democracy.<\/p>\n

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