Cybersecurity Awareness Week: How to remove your personal data from the internet, and why Apple's tools alone aren't enough

What data brokers actually have on you Most people are shocked when they learn just how much information marketers and scammers can find out about them by purchasing it from one of many data brokers.

What that actually means is that data as sensitive as your location history can be sold to data brokers, who then resell it to anyone willing to pay for it.

Data brokers collect personal data from multiple sources to build detailed profiles of individuals.

Cybersecurity Awareness Week: 58% off for 9to5Mac readers This week is Cybersecurity Awareness Week, an annual campaign that reminds individuals and companies to strengthen their digital security.

There’s a threat that doesn’t get enough attention during this week: your personal data and your family’s personal data that’s already out there in broker databases, and it brings just as much of a risk as clicking a phishing link.