Sentence examples for of data brokers from inspiring English sources

In Finland, an industry of data brokers has sprung up.

In theory, this kind of technology would undermine the role of data brokers and, perhaps, mitigate privacy risks.

The F.T.C. also repeated its call for regulation of data brokers, companies that resell databases of personal information.

It also uses technology to detect the attempts of data brokers to "scrape" — that is, record — Facebook members' publicly visible profiles.

Technology companies fear that the F.T.C. might be drafting a definition of data brokers that is so broad it includes almost any company that collects user information online.

Last year, some members of Congress opened inquiries into the business practices of data brokers in light of an investigation by The New York Times.

The data has become more available because pharmacies, which are required by law to collect and maintain detailed files about each prescription filled, can sell records containing a doctor's name and address, along with the amount of the drug prescribed, to data brokers.

If an Ashley Madison-level hack were to occur of one of these data brokers, Moritz told me, it would be a "primary risk to Western civilization".

[C4.] Data Brokers Face Questioning The chief executives of two data brokers sought to explain their previously obscure industry to a House subcommittee.

That is partly why the Senate committee opened an investigation last year into the practices of leading data brokers.

It has raised new questions about what types of information data brokers gather and why, at a time when privacy concerns already saturate the news.