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# Data Brokers Know Everything About You (Interview with Yael Grauer)
- URL: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/10/28/data-brokers-know-everything-about-you/
- Published: 2025-10-28T15:00:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-28T15:00:56.000Z
- Description: Data brokerage is a billion-dollar industry built on selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent. This is what you need to know to keep your information protected.
- Author: Jordan Warne
- Tags: Videos

Data brokerage is a billion-dollar industry built on selling your personal information without your knowledge or consent. In this video, we uncover the shady world of data brokers with investigative reporter Yael Grauer (Consumer Reports) to find out how they operate and what you can do about it.

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0:54 <https://www.consumerreports.org/about-us/our-people/our-experts/yael-grauer/>  
4:00 <https://cppa.ca.gov/data%5Fbroker%5Fregistry/>  
4:12 <https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/statutes/fair-credit-reporting-act>  
4:57 <https://au.pcmag.com/security/49748/report-equifax-hacked-months-before-major-breach>  
5:01 <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49070596>  
5:34 <https://www.beenverified.com/>  
6:29 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%5FData%5FProtection%5FRegulation>  
6:34 <https://dataveria.com/control/privacy>  
6:44 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/basics/common-threats/#limiting-public-information>  
7:09 <https://www.whitepages.com/>  
7:14 <https://databrokerswatch.org/>  
7:27 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/#manual-opt-outs-free>  
7:36 <https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List>  
8:21 <https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/07/24/privacy-is-like-broccoli/>  
9:50 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/>  
10:02 <https://www.easyoptouts.com/>  
10:15 <https://www.jonaharagon.com/>  
10:28 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/#easyoptouts-paid>  
11:22 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/data-broker-removals/#google-results-about-you-free>  
11:37 <https://myactivity.google.com/results-about-you>  
12:59 <https://www.privacyguides.org/en/about/>  
13:06 <https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/03/easyoptouts-review/>  
13:11 <https://innovation.consumerreports.org/new-report-data-defense-evaluating-people-search-site-removal-services/>  
13:53 <https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/03/easyoptouts-review/#3-months>  
14:41 <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/115L6LpQg%5FUX638IyUfdwGhRS7dIU3lKwz6fjAcDtE-0>