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Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A cybersecurity expert with more than 20 years of experience is bringing a warning about AI-powered scams and the unregulated data broker industry to a Sarasota audience later this month.Catherine \u201cCat\u201d Karow, founder of ZoraSafe and a former cybersecurity professional at Apple and the White House, is scheduled to speak at TEDxSarasota on March 16th at Florida Studio Theatre.Personal data sold with \u2018zero transparency\u2019Karow said Americans\u2019 personal data \u2014 including names, addresses, phone numbers, financial habits, health conditions and daily routines \u2014 is legally harvested and sold by a multi-billion dollar data broker industry with virtually no regulation or transparency.She said that data is giving cybercriminals the tools to craft highly targeted attacks. Unlike generic phishing emails of the past, scammers now use purchased personal data to build convincing, personalized fraud schemes \u2014 particularly against seniors and families.$28.3 billion lost annuallySeniors lose an estimated $28.3 billion annually to fraud, Karow said, and that number is accelerating as AI makes scams cheaper, faster and harder to detect.Karow said her path into this work became personal when scammers targeted her own mother \u2014 a former Capitol Hill staffer who helped write banking regulations.\u201cThis problem doesn\u2019t discriminate by intelligence or background \u2014 anyone can be a target,\u201d Karow tells us. \u2018Data labels\u2019 proposalAt TEDxSarasota, Karow plans to call for \u201cdata labels\u201d \u2014 a transparency standard modeled after nutrition labels \u2014 that would require companies to disclose who is collecting consumer data, who is buying it and how it is being used.She also outlined steps people can take now to reduce their exposure.Freeze your credit with all three bureausUse a password managerTurn on multi-factor authentication on every accountOpt out of data broker sites such as Spokeo and WhitePagesNever give personal information to an unsolicited caller, even if they appear to already know who you areAbout TEDxSarasotaTEDxSarasota returns March 16, 2026, for the first time in a decade. The event, themed \u201cMaking Waves,\u201d is scheduled at Florida Studio Theatre and is independently organized under the TED conference\u2019s TEDx program.tedx-sarasota.comCopyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.
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