From targeted ads to identity theft, discover how data brokers operate by collecting, compiling and selling your personal information.

From your shopping habits to your address, data brokers have many of your most personal details. We show you how to check what's out there—and regain your privacy. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

A person standing in front of a bunch of screens showing various data - Credit: Zain bin Awais/PCMag Composite;Jacobs Stock Photography Ltd/fotograzia/via Getty Images It shouldn't surprise you that ...

Data brokers are tracking everything from your home address to your phone number. Here's how to decide between scrubbing it ...

Your personal data is a highly valuable commodity. Companies often treat it like a resource to be mined and traded. In practice, this means that everything you do on the Internet, what you search, ...

Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. The Consumer Financial ...

Data brokers are required by California law to provide ways for consumers to request their data be deleted. But good luck finding them. More than 30 of the companies, which collect and sell consumers’ ...