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>> 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 person's 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 income, whether you've gone through bankruptcy. experts say the practice is not unlike what politica...

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, obama's 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 next year. one government watchdog says there's a huge potential for data minding of political opp...