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There seems no statement about privacy, which seems necessary for a server-side application that accepts DOB, country and gender informations.

yoaviram 5y ago
What do you think this data can be used for?
- lifthrasiir 5y ago
  Personally identifiable information (PII) doesn't necessarily have a meaning in isolation but can identify the personal identity when combined somehow. So any website that operates on PII needs to have some sort of privacy policy no matter what it does to PII.
- minewastaken 5y ago
  As said by another poster, this data can be used with other information to identify you and potentially breach your security. There's a nice, and a little bit terrifying, podcast that goes in detail on techniques used to obtain and hack people that are worth hacking. (https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/112/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/112/) This episode specifically.
danuker 5y ago
There is also a Facebook request that encodes your data (I used fake data here): https://www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1249359911880793&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulation.io%2F%23%2F1992%2F04%2F12%2Ffemale%2FSomalia%2Fsummary&rl=&if=false&ts=1647503380263&sw=1920&sh=1080&v=2.9.57&r=stable&ec=3&o=30&fbp=fb.1.1647503322047.652409202&it=1647503357261&coo=false&exp=p1&rqm=GET https://www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1249359911880793&ev=PageView...
- zwaps 5y ago
  this will be costly for them
- notRobot 5y ago
  Q: What does the website admin get out of adding this to their website?
  - dewey 5y ago
    Audiences in their Facebook Ads account they can filter / target.
4ggr0 5y ago
Now I really regret putting my data into this system...
- abricot 5y ago
  Do it again with fake data and emjoy the targeted ads for private helicopters and gold toilets.
  - 4ggr0 5y ago
    I don't see any ads anyways so I should be good :D And Facebook probably still has my date of birth from my now long deleted account, so I guess no real damage was done, yeehaa.
meijer 5y ago
I always enter slightly wrong data into sites like this.
bbu 5y ago
it has an "Impressum" link that's broken. Parent(?) company is says this about themself: > World Data Lab (WDL) is a data enterprise which produces the most consistent and credible estimates for spending and demography. Our data models are global, granular, and forward looking and track the Sustainable Development Goals in real time, helping provide unique insights for businesses. Our research has appeared on CNN, in the Economist, and the Financial Times. Our clients include HSBC, L'Oreal, and Citibank. Our advisory board includes leading representatives of the World Bank, Brookings Institution, and academia. yikes!
knorker 5y ago
Why would you ever tell the truth to a site like this, no matter the privacy policy? Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie had a song about this about 20 years ago. "Whatever you do when they're talking to you, for god's sake lie" You can get useful info just slightly wrong, and it's for entertainment purposes anyway, so lie.
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  And always run them in a private tab so they have less data to correlate.
ASalazarMX 5y ago
Interestingly, it doesn't use cookies or local storage.
trcarney 5y ago
None of those things are considered Personally Identifiable Information unless associated with a name or something similar, at least according to all the PII training I had when working for the government.
- Breza 5y ago
  At best, it's a bad practice to collect personal information without a privacy policy. IANAL so I can't say much beyond that.

yoaviram 5y ago

What do you think this data can be used for?

lifthrasiir 5y ago
Personally identifiable information (PII) doesn't necessarily have a meaning in isolation but can identify the personal identity when combined somehow. So any website that operates on PII needs to have some sort of privacy policy no matter what it does to PII.
minewastaken 5y ago
As said by another poster, this data can be used with other information to identify you and potentially breach your security. There's a nice, and a little bit terrifying, podcast that goes in detail on techniques used to obtain and hack people that are worth hacking. (https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/112/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/112/) This episode specifically.

danuker 5y ago

There is also a Facebook request that encodes your data (I used fake data here): https://www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1249359911880793&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulation.io%2F%23%2F1992%2F04%2F12%2Ffemale%2FSomalia%2Fsummary&rl=&if=false&ts=1647503380263&sw=1920&sh=1080&v=2.9.57&r=stable&ec=3&o=30&fbp=fb.1.1647503322047.652409202&it=1647503357261&coo=false&exp=p1&rqm=GET https://www.facebook.com/tr/?id=1249359911880793&ev=PageView...

zwaps 5y ago
this will be costly for them
notRobot 5y ago
Q: What does the website admin get out of adding this to their website?
- dewey 5y ago
  Audiences in their Facebook Ads account they can filter / target.

4ggr0 5y ago

Now I really regret putting my data into this system...

abricot 5y ago
Do it again with fake data and emjoy the targeted ads for private helicopters and gold toilets.
- 4ggr0 5y ago
  I don't see any ads anyways so I should be good :D And Facebook probably still has my date of birth from my now long deleted account, so I guess no real damage was done, yeehaa.

meijer 5y ago

I always enter slightly wrong data into sites like this.

bbu 5y ago

it has an "Impressum" link that's broken. Parent(?) company is says this about themself: > World Data Lab (WDL) is a data enterprise which produces the most consistent and credible estimates for spending and demography. Our data models are global, granular, and forward looking and track the Sustainable Development Goals in real time, helping provide unique insights for businesses. Our research has appeared on CNN, in the Economist, and the Financial Times. Our clients include HSBC, L'Oreal, and Citibank. Our advisory board includes leading representatives of the World Bank, Brookings Institution, and academia. yikes!

knorker 5y ago

Why would you ever tell the truth to a site like this, no matter the privacy policy? Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie had a song about this about 20 years ago. "Whatever you do when they're talking to you, for god's sake lie" You can get useful info just slightly wrong, and it's for entertainment purposes anyway, so lie.

ASalazarMX 5y ago
And always run them in a private tab so they have less data to correlate.

ASalazarMX 5y ago

Interestingly, it doesn't use cookies or local storage.

trcarney 5y ago

None of those things are considered Personally Identifiable Information unless associated with a name or something similar, at least according to all the PII training I had when working for the government.

Breza 5y ago
At best, it's a bad practice to collect personal information without a privacy policy. IANAL so I can't say much beyond that.