Optery Founder and CEO Lawrence Gentilello recently joined seasoned reporter, editor, and industry analyst Paul Roberts on The Security Ledger Podcast to talk about data broker threats, the value of privacy laws, and what makes Optery unique as a personal data removal solution!
The Security Ledger podcast features interviews with leading minds in the area of cyber security, threats, and attacks. Founded in 2012, The Security Ledger is an independent security news website dedicated to exploring the intersection of cybersecurity with business, commerce, politics, and everyday life. It provides well-reported and context-rich news on computer security topics that impact our IP-enabled homes, workplaces, and daily lives.
In this episode, Paul and Lawrence discussed the problem of data brokers, data broker breaches, the difference privacy laws are making, and Optery’s fight to help people regain control over their personal data.
We’re grateful to Paul for hosting this important discussion and for his commitment to raising awareness on these critical issues!
Privacy laws help tremendously. We are on the front lines and we see the difference. People in states that have comprehensive data privacy laws should be very grateful to their lawmakers who have gotten them passed. People in states without data privacy laws should feel very cheated and bang on the door of their local representative and say ‘get it done.’” – Lawrence Gentilello
“Houston, we’ve got a problem! Or maybe ‘Houston, we’ve got your data!’ Private firms have been harvesting, storing, and monetizing mountains of our personal data, but as is abundantly clear, those firms are not particularly careful about protecting that data from malicious actors.” – Paul Roberts
