Pôle emploi, France's governmental unemployment registration and financial aid agency, is informing of a data breach that exposed data belonging to 10 million individuals.
  • @remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
    3•10 months ago

    What if I told you that credit agencies have already sold off your data several times over? They keep track of people better than any government could.

    • @IllNessOPEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      The less people that have my data the better. Credit companies are only a part of the puzzle of sold data. The social media companies are the biggest piece.

    • @alex_02English
      1•10 months ago

      How does that have to do with a data breach other than making yourself look like an idiot?

        • @alex_02English
          1•10 months ago

          I wasn’t being rude… your comment was just stupid and I rather be a honest person.

          • @remotelove@lemmy.caEnglish
            1•10 months ago

            I like honesty. Would context help?

            France aside, TransUnion, Equifax, Experian, etc. do sell our data to third parties and access to that data can be available on black markets. The reason for this is that when data is sold to third parties the controls around that data inherently start to degrade. This is not including all the high profile data breaches they experience and get slapped on the wrist for.

            When I was working at some larger financial companies, we had a few people that specifically searched for and in some cases, bought this data.

            My original quip was more focused on my frustration based on my country and my experience and slightly off topic, to be fair.