We might be at the point where it’s easier to list out what information ISN’T out there.

From MC2’s (also known as PrivateRecords) website:

PrivateRecords is a top, trusted company started in 2020 by data scientists, engineers and customer service professionals with more than 10 years experience delivering public record information via the Internet. Our goal is total customer satisfaction. We search over 12 billion public records - from thousands of sources - to create an accurate, comprehensive report on almost anyone in the USA. We specialize in running background checks, searching criminal records and digging up hidden information on the dark web – all so you know the deep truth about the many people in your life. You can look up your new romances, old class mates, annoying neighbors, strange coworkers or even familiar friends and relatives you’ve known for years. They will never know you’re looking them up because our searches are 100% anonymous, guaranteed. This helps you have peace-of-mind, assured you have the best available information to make the decisions that keep you and your loved one safe and secure.

I feel like a broken record lately: if these companies cannot keep this data secure (which for all intents and purposes, true security is difficult if not impossible) then they should not be allowed to process it. To put it another way, we should be changing the system such that this sensitive information does not need to be on the cloud, i.e. “someone else’s computer”.

And to expedite this understanding, we put execs in jail when their companies fail this egregiously and with such implications for so many. No fines. Just jail. Watch things change overnight when consequences are back in the formula.