ZDNet
Your Personal Data Is For Sale, But You Can Try to Take It Back For Free
You can attempt the tedious, state-by-state battle to scrub your data from brokers for free, but it's like playing whack-a-mole with your own identity.
2026-04-20
ZDNet
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