The muckier world of commercial data brokers that specialize in k-12 is expanding. The companies openly traffic in sensitive information involving students “lifestyle, awkwardness, affluence, religion and ethnicity” are openly marketed to at age 13. Younger than that however marketing companies that don’t really care about affecting children sell the information to anyone for any purpose. I personally have removed advertisements from the industry including one for the home address, phone numbers, first and last name of girls aged 4 to 11 [more…]