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Re:Based on his testimony today, Mark Zuckerberg puts users ... by Ma8ee on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @08:38AM (#16810458)
So credit card companies don't let outside companies use their data to tailor marketing directed at you?
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Re:Based on his testimony today, Mark Zuckerberg puts users ... by AllegedAlec on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @08:57AM (#16810622)
Or give your data to, I don't know, companies like Equifax...
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Re:Based on his testimony today, Mark Zuckerberg puts users ... by tjoff on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:01AM (#16810661)
No?
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Re:Based on his testimony today, Mark Zuckerberg puts users ... by briandear on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:02AM (#16810662)
Not to influence elections.
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Re:Based on his testimony today, Mark Zuckerberg puts users ... by danShumway on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @09:59AM (#16811115)
Honest question - why should we believe Equifax would act differently from Facebook?

Are there additional regulations or something? Every company under the sun wants to do credit checks before they do business with me; and they often don't ask me about it in advance. Is there some mechanism that would make that data less valuable to them if they wanted to do political targeting?

I don't take it as a given that Equifax would be more careful with my data than Facebook is, but maybe I'm missing something about how credit regulations work?

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