Data Brokers Privacy
The cluster discusses companies sharing user data with data brokers and third parties like banks, Google, and Facebook, highlighting privacy concerns, lack of transparency, and calls for regulation.
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can he provide a list of all 3rd parties he's ever shared that data with? probably not?
Did you see this https://yourdigitalrights.org/data-brokers ?
I'd be very surprised if these companies actually share the private data with each-other (or any external party for that matter).They share it with "trusted partners." Which means data brokers. It's like money laundering, but for information. Look for the word "partners" in the small text of anything you commit to from signing up for e-mail to installing software to buying a car.
Not a lot of Data brokers on HN.
They likely don't have legal permission to allow for third-party access to the data they provide.
This gets repeated incorrectly every time this issue comes up, but data you hand over to third parties isn't black and white and is subject to access from other entities.
Only accessible to the bank and every megacorp they're selling your data to
Data brokers and the customer, ultimately.
The problem here is you already gave access to your 'private' data to dozens private companies and whomever they forward it.
Is there any major bank that doesn't have terms that allow invasive data sharing with arbitrary third parties?