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House committee advances a bipartisan bill on data broker disclosure

The (fictional) Know Your Broker Act would require data brokers to register and let people see what is held about them. It passed committee 38–4.

From each bank

Official record

Passed committee 38–4.

Public Record Office ↗

Progressive

A good start, but it needs a deletion right with teeth.

The Progressive Current ↗

Conservative

Rare common ground: families deserve to know who is selling their data.

The Heritage Compass ↗
Cascadic Analysis 1
Call to ActionRequest your data from one broker today

How can you help?

Several brokers already offer access requests. Try one and see what they have.

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Password manager Keyhollow publishes a full third-party audit, warts and all

Read the "medium severity" section; that's where the real lessons are.

Keyhollow released a 90-page independent audit listing two medium and nine low-severity issues, all fixed. It is the first time the company published an audit unredacted.

Cascadic Analysis 1
Signal CheckPublishing audits is the trust signal

How much is substance, and how much is paid or hype?

Any vendor can say they are audited. Few publish the findings. That is the difference to look for.

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