Data removal services face uphill battle in healthcare
The data broker market is worth half a trillion dollars and growing at a rate of 7.3 percent annually through 2033. That means they don’t care that you want your privacy. They are making too much money selling your personal information to care. That lack of concern doesn’t just affect an individual’s privacy. It threatens their security and that of nation states. The personal data removal and online privacy niche is fixing the problem. That industry, however is worth a 10th of the data broker market so it doesn’t have the political clout of data brokers. And nowhere is it bigger than the healthcare industry, according to Rob Shavell, CEO of Deleteme.
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