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Of revenue. so they have problems on multiple fronts. >> we heard from a number of people some of the regulation that hasnt been there is likely coming. the former facebook operations manager write this is in the "washington post." once the data passed from facebook servers to the developer, facebook lost all insight or control over how the da it was a used. to prevent use, facebook created a set of platform policies that forbade. certain activity such as selling the data or passing it to an ad ...

Im looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. whether we like this or not, theres something out there called data broker. a data broker collects and sells all kinds of personal information about you and me. and just about every american. our income, where we shop, where we vacation, some of our habits and practices. some personal stuff too. you know that can lead to an o...

I could find that lists all the information a data broker has access to. i think at this point, this is something that really needs to -- i guess, take the form of legislative action, much in the way we have seen with credit reporting agencies and that sort of thing. i think thats where its going, but right now, theres not much you can do. not much protection. federal law protects some of your medical records, but we know they have gotten access to some of that information. we know that your cre...

Information to marketers. listen to one privacy expert at a senate hearing on this very issue. >> the data broker industry as it is today does not have constraints and does not have shame. it will sell any information about any person, regardless of sensitivity, for 7.9 cents a name. which is the price of a list of rape sufferers which was recently sold. >> rape sufferers. with me now, cnn legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, sunny hostin, and zain asher. we heard the woman there. rape vict...

>> stores can take this information to a data broker and ask them to match up the name with the zip code in order to get the persons home address. they might be able to get e-mail and phone number as well. >> reporter: cliff hushnagle, who teaches law at university of berkeley says they may take that information and target it with other ad campaigns, even share it with other retailers. they can find out your income, whether youve gone through bankruptcy. the practice is not different than what t...

>> stores can take this information to a data broker and ask them to match up the name with the zip code in order to get the persons home address, and they can get other information, too. they might able to get e-mail address or phone number as well. >> chris hoofnagle, who teaches privacy law at the university of california berkeley, says researchers can use that information to target you for marketing campaigns, even share it with other retailers. he says they can gain information about your i...

Have not joined any program that would give the government direct access to our serverses, apple says, we have not provided any government agency with direct access tower servers, and during the campaign of 2012, obamas text team harnessed big data to build virtual profiles of voledders who could be persuaded to support the president. and that team has personal financial support from google. a business week article says they expect the company to work for democratic candidates and only democrats...