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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users (gizmodo.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Jsilverhand69@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

Generally you can google the site name and then “removal request” and their portal will be visible.

Some more useful info: California maintains a list of data brokers, available Here

Also, paid services will scan these lists and initiate takedown requests on your behalf automatically. I’ve found optery to be good but there are other services as well