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		jug6ernaut on Oct 9, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Verizon is Selling Your Personal Data "Option"? IMO this should be illegal, but i'm sure there is some clause in the contract which allows such use.

jmedefind on Oct 9, 2012 [–]

I do like how it's illegal to sell a person video rental history, but totally fine to sell information that shows everywhere they are at anytime of the day.

wmf on Oct 9, 2012 | [–]

When some Congressman gets busted by this we'll probably get a Mobile Privacy Act.

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