How to Crush Data Brokers with Rob Shavell from DeleteMe

31/03/2023 54 min
How to Crush Data Brokers with Rob Shavell from DeleteMe

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Techlore Talks Interview: Rob Shavell, CEO of the privacy deletion service Abine DeleteMe. How do data brokers work? How do they find your data? What can you do? A super insightful interview with Rob to offer an inside look into the data industry of people-searching sites.DeleteMe Kickback LinkStandard DeleteMe Link—Timestamps:00:00 Introducing Rob01:00 Defining 'people-searching websites'04:12 Why do people-searching sites even exist?06:06 How are people-searching sites different from phone books?13:27 Where does all this data come from?18:17 How do these sites correlate data to an individual?22:04 How do people investigate themselves? Is this a wordwide problem?25:05 The emotional, personal, and 'real' side of privacy29:05 What options do people have to address the problem?34:22 Covering preventative measures36:38 Covering automatic profile deletion & services like DeleteMe38:41 What's the scope of what DeleteMe deletes?41:05 Is DeleteMe available outside of the US?42:18 What's the long-term solution to this problem?47:03 Does privacy regulation impact DeleteMe effectiveness?49:52 The story behind Rob, privacy, and DeleteMe53:17 Closing Words—Techlore Talks:Video PlaylistRSS Feed—Techlore Links:HomepageTechlore ForumGo Incognito CourseSupport Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.