How Thomson Reuters Collects, Sells, and Shares Your Personal Information
What is Thomson Reuters?
Thomson Reuters operates a powerful investigative platform called CLEAR. CLEAR aggregates extensive public records and proprietary data about individuals and businesses for use by authorized organizations such as law enforcement, financial institutions, and corporate compliance teams. Because it compiles identity details, contact information, criminal history, professional records, and more from multiple sources, CLEAR may be considered a data broker under certain privacy laws, and its public records products can include personal information licensed to third‑party users.
URL
legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/clear
Support
privacy.enquiries@thomsonreuters.com
Type of Data Broker
Public Investigation
Aggression level
High
What Thomson Reuters collects and how your privacy is at risk
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This company is listed in our Top 100 Most Aggressive Data Sellers based on sensitivity and reach.
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Collects and sells basic details like your name, address, phone number, and email address.
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Collects and shares information about your family members, relationships, and household makeup.
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The company’s practices pose a heightened risk for identity theft, scams, discrimination, and profiling.
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Tracks your browsing habits, online searches, shopping behaviors, and content preferences.
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Tracks and sells your location history, movements, and device-based geolocation data.
The risks shown are based on the types of personal data this company collects, sells, or shares.
Even limited data collection can expose you to serious privacy threats.
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How to Opt Out and Remove Your Information from Thomson Reuters
Thomson Reuters does not provide a simple public opt‑out for data that is inherently public or licensed by law. However, under privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), residents may submit Data Subject Rights requests to limit the sale of personal information or to request access, correction, or deletion through the company’s Data Subject Rights Portal or by contacting support (e.g., phone or email). Opt‑out and deletion rights may be limited, may require verification, and often do not result in full suppression of data used in licensed investigative products like CLEAR.
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Thomson Reuters Privacy Risks and How to Remove Your Personal Data
They scrape and aggregate your personal data:
CLEAR compiles a wide range of records from public and proprietary sources to construct detailed profiles. These include core identity data, government and court records, professional licenses, contact information, asset and corporate filings, and historical records. Because multiple disparate sources are fused, the resulting profiles often contain more information than what is easily discoverable by simple public searches.
They engage in automatic data harvesting:
Rather than selling personal data directly to the general public, Thomson Reuters licenses access to CLEAR to law enforcement, financial institutions, compliance and fraud prevention teams, and other authorized entities. These subscribers can query the database to support investigations, due diligence, risk assessments, and related workflow needs.
Opting out is possible, but removal is difficult:
Clearing your information from Thomson Reuters CLEAR is challenging because the platform’s data is drawn from public records and third‑party feeds. Under most privacy regimes, public records are exempt from deletion requirements, and suppression often requires direct engagement with original data sources (e.g., courts or licensing bodies). Additionally, class action litigation and regulatory scrutiny have highlighted privacy concerns, but individual control remains limited. Services like mePrism can help you centralize and manage opt‑out and deletion requests where available under applicable law.
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