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Re:Stock Markets Tumble Amid Worries Over Tech Firms and Tra... by wlesieutre on Monday April 02, 2018 @06:39PM (#16740113)
Like if Grindr sells your HIV+ status and then instead of hiring you an employer picks the other candidate because they know you'd raise the group health insurance rates?

Let's not pretend that there's no way to misapply this data and that a lot of people won't be incentivized to do so.

Re:Stock Markets Tumble Amid Worries Over Tech Firms and Tra... by matte_black on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:52PM (#16740574)
Regulation exists to prevent this kind of thing.

Your example perfectly illustrates the power of data, and the potential for revenue, negative and positive.

Re:Stock Markets Tumble Amid Worries Over Tech Firms and Tra... by icebraining on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @05:13AM (#16743016)
And part of those regulations are the ones that prevent data from being captured (and subsequently leaked) willy-nilly.