The phrase for old data hanging around on servers for decades can have more harmful implications to our privacy. When data brokers scrape public information websites and publish that information, many don’t ever go back and clean up the content on their websites. Often that incorrect or harmful information is purchased or scraped and shared many more times on other date websites.
This case illustrates the importance of monitoring your online data and knowing what is available for companies who complete background checks. European countries through their GDPR laws have the Right To Be Forgotten. The US is sadly behind in privacy legislation that protects the rights of our citizens. Americans should be legally the owners of their data and have the right to remove it under most circumstances.
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