Brian Krebs reports: The consumer data broker Radaris.com has long had a reputation for ignoring requests to remove personal information from its vast empire of people-search services online. That reputation caught up with the company recently in a lawsuit alleging Radaris violated a New Jersey privacy law that provides for hefty fines against data brokers...

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Cassandre Coyer reports: California’s privacy agency hit data broker LocateSmarter LLC with a $116,490 penalty for making it difficult for online users to opt out of the sale of their personal information. Tuesday’s fine marks the agency’s first action for violations of both the state’s privacy and data broker laws: the California Consumer Privacy Act...

Jordan Drysdale // The following content is loosely based on a presentation I gave at BSides Denver. After speaking at BSides Denver, one of the audience members spent some time […]

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