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User Data Selling

Debate on whether a company sells users' personal data to third parties versus using it for targeted ads, with discussions on privacy policies, legal distinctions, and business practices.

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CompanySellsPrivateData www.cbc FWIW OUR IANAL PII GDPR m.not ACTUALLY data sell selling data sell data selling user data privacy advertisers don sell personal information

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uoaei • Jun 18, 2019 • View on HN

We're not selling your data, you are!

sheeshqwe • Apr 22, 2023 • View on HN

Oh I'm pretty sure they also sell your data, who doesn't these days.

joewee • Apr 6, 2018 • View on HN

Do you sell user data in any form?

Tachyooon • Aug 3, 2023 • View on HN

Selling data would be a bad move for sure. I can't seem to find anything when I search for it, do you maybe have a source I could take a look at?

mikkupikku • Jan 16, 2026 • View on HN

"We don't sell your data. We sell OUR data about you!"

jhanschoo • Jun 11, 2024 • View on HN

Give me a source that they are selling your data, not targeted ads.

rootusrootus • Jun 11, 2024 • View on HN

They are selling data to advertisers? I would like to know more about that.

philjohn • Jan 20, 2023 • View on HN

Yup - they're the people ACTUALLY selling your data (and often for pennies)

pb7 • Sep 8, 2023 • View on HN

This is wrong. They do not sell user data.

adultSwim • Nov 1, 2016 • View on HN

I assumed that they want to sell our data.