CafeMom

CafeMom is an online community and media platform targeted at mothers and expectant mothers, providing articles, advice, and user forums on parenting and lifestyle topics. Owned by Wild Sky Media, it fosters a space for moms to connect and share experiences. While not a traditional data broker, the platform gathers personal information through user registration and participation in community discussions, which is then utilized for targeted marketing and advertising. The public nature of its forums means that sensitive personal stories, details about children, and family matters shared by users can be indexed by search engines and become publicly accessible. This voluntary sharing of information can lead to privacy risks such as doxxing, online harassment, and unwanted contact if personal details are pieced together by malicious actors. To mitigate these risks, individuals should be cautious about the level of personal detail they share in public forums and can manage their privacy settings or request data deletion through the site's contact form.