You seem to be equating “mining” with “selling to third parties”, I don’t think it’s the common use (I understand it as “gathering data”). Also there’s many wa

You seem to be equating “mining” with “selling to third parties”, I don’t think it’s the common use (I understand it as “gathering data”). Also there’s many ways to exploit the purchase data without ever selling it outside the company, including using it in aggregate for ad targeting without exposing specifics to the ad buyer.