Well, I think we can logically say that if my (or anyone else's information) was being sold to advertisers I would be getting tons of spam from them and Google would set the spam filters to let all the adverts through.
I guess another possibility would be that they could sell it just for informational purposes to the advertisers so they know what people want in a product but even then how do you know that your ISP isn't doing the same thing selling emails. Also, they could easily keep a list of every site that you visited and sell that.
If you are afraid that people might get information you don't want them to, unplug your computer and your phone, lock your doors and windows, shut your blinds, go into your basement, and sit in a dark corner with a tinfoil hat. Of course you will soon realize even that is not enough. You then need to destroy all records of your existence. When you are sure all the information is gone, down to the last hair that flew out onto the highway, then you need to bring everyone, who ever more than glanced at you, to your house. When you and everyone else are inside, burn the house to the ground.
Slashdot Mirror
Damn, post looks like crap. All the line breaks are gone.
Well, I think we can logically say that if my (or anyone else's information) was being sold to advertisers I would be getting tons of spam from them and Google would set the spam filters to let all the adverts through. I guess another possibility would be that they could sell it just for informational purposes to the advertisers so they know what people want in a product but even then how do you know that your ISP isn't doing the same thing selling emails. Also, they could easily keep a list of every site that you visited and sell that. If you are afraid that people might get information you don't want them to, unplug your computer and your phone, lock your doors and windows, shut your blinds, go into your basement, and sit in a dark corner with a tinfoil hat. Of course you will soon realize even that is not enough. You then need to destroy all records of your existence. When you are sure all the information is gone, down to the last hair that flew out onto the highway, then you need to bring everyone, who ever more than glanced at you, to your house. When you and everyone else are inside, burn the house to the ground.
Actually that would be a FLD or maybe an ETLD