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Is this an American thing? Because I've never had my bank, my provider, my health care etc sell any of my data (at least as far as I know).
by BetaMechazawa 11y ago
Is this an American thing? Because I've never had my bank, my provider, my health care etc sell any of my data (at least as far as I know).
- jeffwass 11y agoHow would you know? Do you have a credit card, and have you read the pages of fine print?
- icebraining 11y agoMaybe (s)he has decent data protection laws in his/her country. I'm pretty sure this would be illegal in the EU, under the Directive 95/46/EC.
- skidoo 11y agoThat is adorable.
- icebraining 11y agoThanks, darling. To make myself clear, I'm not saying they don't do it. I'm saying it's probably illegal, therefore the fine print doesn't matter.
- whyever 11y agoIt is a German thing as well: The Telekom sells mobile user data [1] (link in German). [1] http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/datenschutz-vag-in-nuernberg-nutzt-telekom-daten-a-1024001.html http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/datenschutz-vag-i...