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The Data Chronicles | Data Brokers | State patchwork, federal pressure, and emerging risks
16 January 2026
Data brokers sit at the center of a fast-shifting legal landscape. In this episode of The Data Chronicles, host Scott Loughlin is joined by counsel Khaled Mowad and senior associate Sophie Baum to collectively break down the expanding patchwork of state data broker laws, from registration and public listings to how these obligations interact with broader privacy requirements.
Together, Sophie, Khaled, and Scott look at the stigma tied to the “data broker” label, how regulators and plaintiffs' lawyers are using registration data to target scrutiny, and and the added federal pressure. The discussion closes with a practical checklist for companies that license or share data, including how to identify if you may be a data broker, where exemptions could apply, and what steps help reduce registration and enforcement risk.
Authored by Scott Loughlin, Khaled Mowad, and Sophie Baum.
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