41% Of Data Brokers Willing To Sell Sensitive Data On Individuals’ Mental Health Conditions

Some data brokers are marketing highly sensitive data on individuals’ mental health conditions on the open market with seemingly minimal vetting of customers and seemingly few controls on the use of purchased data. A total of 41% of contacted data brokers were willing and able to sell sensitive data on individuals' mental health conditions.
In advertising their data services, the data brokers generally advertised nonmedical, personal data elements on individuals, including home market value, credit score, homeowner status, marital status, ethnicity/race, net worth, name, address, profession, and email/phone number, as well as information on food insecurity, transportation, and . . .