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Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy

Posted by michael on from the surprise-surprise dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Web Firms Choose Profit Over Privacy details the tactics of retailers and marketers to sell customer data. Examples include promising not to sell consumer data, but then 'renting' the data, and the use of shopping cart software with different privacy policies than the merchant."

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  1. And we in turn choose... by macshune · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy over profit!

  2. Duh...no joke by ACK!! · · Score: 5, Funny

    What next?

    Businesses choose profit over customer safety?

    Businesses choose profit over employee safety?

    What about the obvious?

    Businesses choose profit over anything else!?!

    I am glad the Washington Post is on top of this. I doubt I would have ever figured this out on my own.

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    ACK /ak/ interj. 2. [from the comic strip "Bloom County"] An exclamation of surprised disgust, esp. i
  3. need info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll pay $5 for the name of that anonymous submitter.

  4. As any good Ferengi will tell you... by Boyceterous · · Score: 5, Funny

    the 257th Rule of Acquisition says "Sell to your customers first, then sell your customers!"