Re:Ask HN: Who really gives your personal info to Intelius, ...
by monodeldiablo on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @01:41PM
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Perhaps the policy is new. This was about a decade ago.
Regardless, that data is out there now, and no change in privacy policy is going to put that cat back into the bag. Besides, someone else is surely acting as a new source for current data.
It wasn't just my location information, though. They were able to ask detailed questions about my personal social network, before Facebook was ubiquitous and LinkedIn was a thing. They were clearly joining several disparate datasets together to discovery relationships.
Regardless, that data is out there now, and no change in privacy policy is going to put that cat back into the bag. Besides, someone else is surely acting as a new source for current data.
It wasn't just my location information, though. They were able to ask detailed questions about my personal social network, before Facebook was ubiquitous and LinkedIn was a thing. They were clearly joining several disparate datasets together to discovery relationships.