Data Broker The Business of Collecting and Trading Data

Learn how information brokers industry is collecting and selling your personal data to companies without you knowing
What you'll learn
Learn about data broker industry and its delima
Analyze where you step up in this field and make your data private and controlled by only yourself
Know how you are supposed to make decision in future in terms of privacy
Understand why your data matters a lot and you should always strive to protect it
Requirements
You don't need any expertise for this course as the course is simple and for every beginner learner
You will require 30 min duration of your time to dedicate to the completion of this course
Description
An information broker (IB), also known as a data broker, is an individual or company that specializes in collecting personal data (such as income, ethnicity, political beliefs, or geolocation data) or data about companies, mostly from public records but sometimes sourced privately, and selling or licensing such information to third parties for a variety of uses. Sources, usually Internet-based since the 1990s, may include census and electoral roll records, social networking sites, court reports and purchase histories. The information from data brokers may be used in background checks used by employers and housing.There are varying regulations around the world limiting the collection of information on individuals; privacy laws vary. In the United States there is no federal regulation protection for the consumer from data brokers, although some states have begun enacting laws individually. In the European Union, GDPR serves to regulate data brokers operations. Some data brokers report to have large numbers of population data or "data attributes". Acxiom purports to have data from 2.5 billion different people.A complete guide to protect your self from data being stolen and used for different proposes making you and your mind controlable whcih is a crime in internet world and no boday knows how things are going away from you on a single agreement clicks which has become a common thing which i have address in this course and after watching this you will know how data is collected as individuals after making your profiles sold to many other companies which you never heard and at last they are profiting with your data .
Who this course is for
This course is intended for anyone who cares about his or her privacy and learn about how data brokers collect source, profile and sell your data without you knowing
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