Broker sold Planned Parenthood visitor location data to pro-life group, senator says
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The Veritas Society obtained visitor data for 600 clinics nationwide from the data broker Near Intelligence and used it for a targeted advertising campaign, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) said.

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  • Furbland@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    5 months ago

    thanks for reminding me why I use an ad blocker (and why I hate pro-life fuckers)

    • plz1@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      5 months ago

      Your ad blocker doesn’t block location data if your mobile carrier is selling it to these brokers (and they almost certainly are).

      • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        5 months ago

        It’s why there’s been such an effort to move to apps instead of webpages that can do the same thing. More data collection and notifications.