A California data broker will cease its operations for three years under a settlement that the California Privacy Protection Agency announced on Thursday.
The agency’s action against Background Alert Inc. is the first time it has sought to shut down a business for failing to list with the state’s data broker registry, agency officials said in a statement to Bloomberg Government. It previously issued fines to six companies as part of an enforcement sweep into the sector.
“Californians enjoy important protections over their personal information, including inferences that businesses use to profile them,” Michael Macko, ...