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submitted 3 days ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

How much of the data do you think is collected, kept, and used long term? i.e. what proportion and amount

(I realize this might be a better question for privacy, but I managed to get myself banned for flaming some piracy folks)

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[-] mercano@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

The data brokers can still sell your data, it’s just a lot less useful to the marketing teams or scam artists that are buying it in bulk. For identity thieves, it may become more valuable, at least until word of your death works its way through the system, as there’s no living person to contest the impersonation.

this post was submitted on 07 Jan 2025
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