Re:Counting instead of tracking
by Broken_Hippo on Saturday November 17, 2018 @08:48AM
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What's the difference between being bought out and selling the data? Why would a company like that be bought out if not for their data?
Who gets to use the data.
For example, a retail place that tracks your data and uses it to improve its selection and/or offer helpful things to you doesn't necessarily sell to the bidder that wants to use it to manipulate you into buying financial products. Plus 37 other companies that want the data.
If someone buys the retail company, however, they get the data. They may or may not have been bought for the data. I should mention that the data is a package deal. You aren't getting the fruity pie filling without taking the crust and packaging as well.
Still, you cannot promise what will happen after being bought out. You don't have a say in a company that doesn't belong to you any more.
Re:Counting instead of tracking
by dec0dedab0de on Saturday November 17, 2018 @09:18PM
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No, but if a company is bought the new company has to honor existing contracts.
What's the difference between being bought out and selling the data? Why would a company like that be bought out if not for their data?