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Data brokers may be banned from selling your personal data without good reason

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/12/Data-brokers-may-be-banned-from-selling-your-personal-data.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>Data brokers may be banned from selling your <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">personal data[/url] without legitimate justification, under a new proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Back in the summer it was revealed that one of these brokers was hacked, resulting in the compromise of personal data <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/13/massive-data-leak-national-public-data/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">for every person in the US, UK, and Canada[/url].</p>



<p>The proposed change would limit the sharing of sensitive data like your name and social security number by subjecting data brokers to the same rules as credit checking agencies …</p>



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