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Who’s buying your personal data: Disney, GM, your insurer and bank. Here’s what they get

The Markup · · International · Privacy Law

Consumers asked a major data broker for their files. What they got back shows interest in how fat they are, how much they drink, and how likely they are to get a mammogram, among many other characteristics.

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