Could ordering a pizza threaten your family's safety?
That’s the title of the latest installment of “Gavel Talks,” a podcast for judges produced by the American Bar Association. Host Richard Ginkowski interviewed our CEO, Ron Zayas, about how all of your private information gets collected, shared, and sold, and what you can do about it.
About the Episode
Ginkowski opened the show with a reference to the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, and how the criminal justice community and the country at large are waking up to the danger of having all of our home addresses online for anyone to find. That this law finally passed is a great start – but more work needs to be done.
Ron stressed how everyone – especially those in professions that could be dangerous – needs to understand that the collection of private information is not limited to a few shady companies. Almost everyone in business wants that information because they can make a profit from it.
So yes, ordering a pizza can threaten your family’s safety, because the pizza place that now has your cell number and address will happily sell them to places like data brokers. But as he explains in the podcast, there are ways to protect yourself while still being able to order a pizza, use social media, and do anything online that you’re already doing now.
“In a relatively short period of time,” Ron stressed, “you can eliminate a lot of the threats that are coming at you.” That is the most important message to be conveyed during this wide-ranging discussion.
We encourage you to check it out.
