{"id":68680,"date":"2026-09-15T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=68680"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T19:58:13","slug":"employee-data-brokers-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Data Brokers Have Your Employees&#8217; Info (and How PC Matic Delist Protects Your Organization)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you ever searched an executive&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s name online and seen their home address, personal phone number, and family details displayed on public search engines? Within seconds, &#8220;people-search&#8221; databases expose private employee information to anyone with an internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it feels like an alarming safety risk, it happens automatically every day. The underlying cause: <strong>data brokers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a corporate environment, exposed employee data is no longer just a personal inconvenience; it is an enterprise security vulnerability. Here is why data brokers harvest your team\u2019s details, how it exposes your organization to cyber threats, and how you can defend your business with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/pro\/delist.asp?utm_source=gemini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PC Matic Delist for Business<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Data Brokers Target Your Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data brokers are companies that aggregate personal and professional details, bundle them into profile databases, and sell or license them to third parties. They gather information from across the web, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public Records:<\/strong> Property deeds, voter registrations, court records, and business filings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professional &amp; Online Footprints:<\/strong> Social media platforms, industry conference sign-ups, and corporate directories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Commercial Transactions:<\/strong> Consumer loyalty programs, web activity, and app registration data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Exposed Employee Data Threatens Business Security<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When employee phone numbers, emails, addresses, and family connections are published on data broker networks, cybercriminals use this information to stage targeted attacks against your business:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spear-Phishing &amp; Business Email Compromise (BEC):<\/strong> Attackers leverage personal details to build highly believable, hyper-targeted phishing campaigns that trick employees into surrendering corporate credentials or transferring funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Executive &amp; VIP Targeting:<\/strong> C-suite executives and key staff become high-value targets for doxxing, harassment, and social engineering attacks when their personal home addresses and phone numbers are exposed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social Engineering:<\/strong> Bad actors cross-reference public profiles to impersonate employees, IT personnel, or trusted vendor contacts over the phone or email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Challenge of Manual Data Removal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To eliminate these vulnerabilities, organizations can request data removal from broker sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, managing this internally requires discovering every active people-search database, filing individual opt-out requests, verifying identities, and re-submitting claims whenever brokers refresh their lists. With hundreds of active data broker websites, manually scrubbing data for an entire workforce is an impossible task for internal IT and security teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Automated Solution: PC Matic Delist for Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of burdening your internal teams with endless manual requests, <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/pro\/delist.asp?utm_source=gemini\">PC Matic Delist<\/a><\/strong> automates data scrubbing across your organization, serving as a scalable privacy tool that safeguards your enterprise attack surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is how PC Matic Delist secures employee privacy at scale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Comprehensive Scanning:<\/strong> Delist continuously searches hundreds of data broker platforms and people-search databases for your employees\u2019 names, personal phone numbers, physical addresses, and emails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Automated Opt-Out Submissions:<\/strong> Once profiles are detected, Delist issues formal, automated removal requests on behalf of your employees to scrub their data from broker databases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Continuous Monitoring:<\/strong> Data brokers regularly re-scrape public records and re-list previously deleted profiles. Delist performs recurring background scans to identify profiles and request immediate re-deletion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthen Your Human Firewall Today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cybersecurity extends beyond network firewalls and endpoint security\u2014it starts with reducing the personal exposure of the people inside your organization. By automating employee data removal with <strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/pro\/delist.asp?utm_source=gemini\">PC Matic Delist<\/a><\/strong>, you can neutralize social engineering vectors, protect your leadership team, and shield your enterprise from targeted attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever searched an executive&#8217;s or employee&#8217;s name online and seen their home address, personal phone number, and family details displayed on public search engines? Within seconds, &#8220;people-search&#8221; databases expose private employee information to anyone with an internet connection. While it feels like an alarming safety risk, it happens automatically every day. The underlying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":68677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info &amp; How to Fix It | PC Matic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info &amp; How to Fix It | PC Matic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PC Matic Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jessica Molden\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pcmatic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jessica Molden\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jessica Molden\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66010e2a7c093df51d1ce9344e904700\"},\"headline\":\"Why Data Brokers Have Your Employees&#8217; Info (and How PC Matic Delist Protects Your Organization)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":550,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blog-post-45.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Business Security\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info & How to Fix It | PC Matic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blog-post-45.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blog-post-45.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blog-post-45.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why Data Brokers Have Your Employees&#8217; Info (and How PC Matic Delist Protects Your Organization)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"PC Matic Blog\",\"description\":\"Tech Tips and Tricks\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png\",\"width\":1535,\"height\":483,\"caption\":\"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/pcmaticusa\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/pcmatic\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/c\\\/PCMaticVideo\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66010e2a7c093df51d1ce9344e904700\",\"name\":\"Jessica Molden\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pcmatic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/jmolden\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info & How to Fix It | PC Matic","description":"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info & How to Fix It | PC Matic","og_description":"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/","og_site_name":"PC Matic Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic","article_published_time":"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jessica Molden","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pcmatic","twitter_site":"@pcmatic","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jessica Molden","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/"},"author":{"name":"Jessica Molden","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66010e2a7c093df51d1ce9344e904700"},"headline":"Why Data Brokers Have Your Employees&#8217; Info (and How PC Matic Delist Protects Your Organization)","datePublished":"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/"},"wordCount":550,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg","articleSection":["Business Security"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/","name":"Why Data Brokers Have Employee Info & How to Fix It | PC Matic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-15T19:58:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-15T19:58:13+00:00","description":"Exposed employee details put your business at risk. Discover how data brokers harvest workforce info and how automated removal tools protect your organization.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-post-45.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/employee-data-brokers-privacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why Data Brokers Have Your Employees&#8217; Info (and How PC Matic Delist Protects Your Organization)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/","name":"PC Matic Blog","description":"Tech Tips and Tricks","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA.","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/techtalk.pcmatic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC-MaticLogo-e1472689639222.png","width":1535,"height":483,"caption":"PC Matic - Top Antivirus Company in the USA."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pcmatic","https:\/\/x.com\/pcmatic","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pcmaticusa\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pcmatic","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/PCMaticVideo"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66010e2a7c093df51d1ce9344e904700","name":"Jessica Molden","url":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/author\/jmolden\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68681,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68680\/revisions\/68681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}