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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Can you buy your own data tosee what they have on you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw an article awhile ago that the police just straight up bought ad-network data about someone they were prosecuting without needing a warrant. Is there anyway to know what info ad networks have on me out there?

I know there are databrokers you can query to see what they have kn you, but those are all public records from I could find so far

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I guess it depends where you are situated.

Some countries have protections that you can just "ask" a particular site what data they have collected on you. I think that's as private as it can go.

Another option are those "shady" data brokers. John Oliver did a segment before on how he got some "public" data to possibly ID US lawmakers.