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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  • plz1English
    26•8 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•8 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•8 months ago

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