Optery CEO & Founder Lawrence Gentilello recently joined Katie Soper on the CyberVault podcast to break down some of the most pressing questions surrounding data brokers and personal data exposure today. The conversation explored: Below are some highlights from the episode. The scale of the data broker ecosystem Lawrence explained the fundamental challenge: data brokersContinue reading "CyberVault Podcast Recap: Lawrence Gentilello on data brokers and security risks"

Optery for Business GM Paul Mander recently joined cybersecurity expert and host David Raviv on the Unscripted Podcast to reveal how personal data is collected, sold, and weaponized, and how Optery helps individuals and companies fight back. From cookies to data brokers to playing offense against social engineering, this episode covers it all. Paul satContinue reading "Data Brokers, Social Engineering, and Enterprise Security: Optery’s Paul Mander on the Unscripted Podcast"

Data brokers have a financial incentive to keep personal data online, and to make it difficult to opt out. A new joint investigation by The Markup and CalMatters found that more than 30 registered data brokers in California were hiding their data deletion instructions from Google search results. 35 data brokers used code to blockContinue reading "Data Brokers Caught Hiding Opt-Out Pages"

In the latest installment of our Privacy Protectors Spotlight series, we are excited to feature world-renowned privacy and security expert Ray Heffer. Ray is a cybersecurity veteran with 30 years of experience across areas such as secure cloud architecture, penetration testing, strategic advisory roles, privacy engineering, and open-source intelligence (OSINT) threat mitigation. He currently servesContinue reading "Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Ray Heffer"

In this seventh installment of our Privacy Protectors Spotlight series, we’re excited to feature Debbie Reynolds, known worldwide as “The Data Diva.” As the Founder, CEO, and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC, Debbie has spent over 20 years at the forefront of Data Privacy and Emerging Technology. Her expertise spans industries including AdTech,Continue reading "Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Debbie Reynolds, The Data Diva"

Optery CEO and Founder Lawrence Gentilello recently appeared on the Unscripted podcast with David Raviv. Unscripted is a podcast focused on making the intricacies of security, privacy, and technology more accessible to everyone. Hosted by enterprise cybersecurity expert David Raviv, each episode journeys through the minds of entrepreneurs and leaders, sharing unfiltered stories and insights. It coversContinue reading "Optery CEO and Founder Lawrence Gentilello interviewed on the “Unscripted” podcast"

As the first in what will become a series of posts highlighting leaders who are making a difference in advancing personal data rights and individual privacy, this month we recognize Tom Kemp. In an age of mass surveillance and personal data exploitation, Tom Kemp stands out as a remarkable figure. His steadfast advocacy for robustContinue reading "Privacy Protectors Spotlight: Tom Kemp"

Since the groundbreaking California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect in 2020, consumer data privacy and security has improved dramatically for all Americans. We believe personal data removal services and authorized agents such as Optery have been major contributors to this progress helping educate the public about data privacy, helping maximize data privacy and security protections, and eradicating millions of pieces of unwanted Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from the internet.