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I think something trivial like store employees prompting customers at the till to buy pornographic media that they looked at for too long on the shelf/online, w

• kbenson 11y ago
  Displaying overt ads of a specific type at a specific time, probably. Displaying general ads at a general or specific time, possibly. Using that information to do advanced analysis of customers, or do custom tailored time-sensitive (it's payday!) sales, of select inventory they are likely to be interested in? Curtailing them in that manner may be harder to get companies to swallow and live with, and harder for the public to get worked up over. Loopholes would be found, or rules would be ignored, etc. It's sort of analogous to the friendly neighborhood general store owner Bob knowing his customer Carl is into fishing, getting an expensive but interesting lure, and noting to Carl right after his payday that he has this interesting item Carl might be interested in... I don't see legislation preventing Amazon from doing the same going anywhere. Sharing that data with outside companies, or restricting it to specific portions of a company with many businesses might be a good candidate for legislation, and also the ability to request specific purchases and associated data or all purchase data for you prior to X be removed.