The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information Over the past - TopicsExpress

The Data Brokers: Selling your personal information Over the past six months or so, a huge amount of attention has been paid to government snooping, and the bulk collection and storage of vast amounts of raw data in the name of national security. What most of you dont know, or are just beginning to realize, is that a much greater and more immediate threat to your privacy is coming from thousands of companies youve probably never heard of, in the name of commerce. The following script is from The Data Brokers which aired on March 9, 2014. Steve Kroft is the correspondent. Graham Messick and Maria Gavrilovic, producers. cbsnews/news/the-data-brokers-selling-your-personal-information/