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How Data Brokers Scrape And Sell Your Online Information

There are many other companies besides Facebook tracking the data of unsuspecting users. (Thom/Unsplash)
There are many other companies besides Facebook tracking the data of unsuspecting users. (Thom/Unsplash)

Facebook has been under fire for weeks for its privacy practices and the way it monetizes user data. But there are many other companies tracking the data of unsuspecting users.

Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins learns more about data brokers with Dipayan Ghosh (@ghoshd7), a privacy fellow at New America and Harvard Kennedy School. He formerly served as an adviser at Facebook and in the White House, under President Obama.

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