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2024-12-04 ┃ RE: pluralistic

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Brokers package your data into categories like "teenagers from red states seeking abortions" and "military service personnel with gambling habits" and "seniors with dementia" and sell this to marketers, stalkers, foreign governments and anyone else with a credit-card:

consumerfinance.gov/about-us/n…

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https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113594884863942136

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-proposes-rule-to-stop-data-brokers-from-selling-sensitive-personal-data-to-scammers-stalkers-and-spies/

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