The Invisible Data

There is a file on you. You have never seen it. You have never approved it. And it is the version of you that most institutions encounter before they ever encounter you.
In The Invisible Data, Dr. Patrick Fisher — Licensed Professional Counselor, pioneer of the Personal Data Asset Origination System, and founder of MyDataKey — traces the hidden economy of personal information: the industry that collects, aggregates, and sells your data without your knowledge or meaningful consent. Every background check that returns an expunged record. Every credit report that reflects a medical debt that was not your fault. Every Google search that surfaces a mugshot before it surfaces a résumé. The data does not care about context. It simply decides.
Through composite characters drawn from clinical research and twenty years of professional practice, Fisher traces how four interlocking systems — data brokers, background checks, credit scoring, and the digital footprint — create a feedback loop that follows people through every job interview, every housing application, and every insurance inquiry. He documents how half of FBI arrest records are missing disposition information, how domestic violence survivors have their new addresses sold on people-search websites, how mugshot websites charge hundreds of dollars for removal of photographs taken before any determination of guilt, and how data brokers predicted a woman's depression before she experienced it — and sold the prediction.
This book advances a central claim: personal data is not a privacy concern. It is property. Fisher introduces the Personal Data Asset Origination System — a framework for shifting from data defense to data sovereignty — and provides practical strategies for conducting data audits, filing disputes, and reclaiming your digital identity.

Book 6 of The Invisible Series by Patrick Fisher, PhD.

Published by TheraPetic Solutions Inc.

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