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a data broker stealing people's data for profit.


Isn't that basically all of them?


Wouldn't the FTC ban them if they were?


Considering that I have only very rarely given consent for my data to be sold or shared, and yet my data is commonly and widely sold through "legitimate" data brokers regardless, I think it's pretty clear that the answer is "no".

The FTC appears to require a much higher level of wrongdoing before effective punishment than I would prefer.


Apparently not - look at venntel for example.




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