In today's show, I have a conversation with Lawrence Gentilello, the CEO and Founder of Optery, a personal data removal service. Lawrence shares his own experiences with identity theft and what motivated him to start Optery. We also discuss the future of privacy in the United States, Utah's new privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), and the bare minimum you should be doing to protect and secure your private data.

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This episode was recorded on March 6, 2024

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In this week's episode:

Lawrence's experience with identity theft highlights the importance of a credit freeze
The need for disinformation
A reminder on hunting apps
The future of data privacy and the need for services like Optery
Data privacy in the UK and the existence of search sites like 192.com
Update on next weeks show

Show Links:

Optery website: https://www.optery.com/
PC Magazine Editors Choice Award for Optery: https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/optery
PC Magazine's list of the best personal data removal services: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-personal-data-removal-services
Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA): https://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/utah-consumer-protection-act-a-new-law-to-protect-online-privacy/

"If privacy is outlawed, only outlaws will have privacy."

- Philip R. Zimmermann, creator of PGP encryption

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009 - Data Broker Sites and a Conversation with Lawrence Gentilello from Optery