Broker sold Planned Parenthood visitor location data to pro-life group, senator says
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The Veritas Society obtained visitor data for 600 clinics nationwide from the data broker Near Intelligence and used it for a targeted advertising campaign, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said.

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  • FurblandEnglish
    37•9 months ago

    thanks for reminding me why I use an ad blocker (and why I hate pro-life fuckers)

    • plz1English
      26•9 months ago

      Your ad blocker doesn’t block location data if your mobile carrier is selling it to these brokers (and they almost certainly are).

      • @Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18•9 months ago

        It’s why there’s been such an effort to move to apps instead of webpages that can do the same thing. More data collection and notifications.

        • plz1English
          3•9 months ago

          That’s been the trend for more than a decade though. Some companies are more militant about it than others.