The New York Times buys information from similar databases and uses it to determine the articles that are recommended to you on their site (among other things)

The New York Times buys information from similar databases and uses it to determine the articles that are recommended to you on their site (among other things) [1]. Ironically, that may be the reason the submitter saw this article in the first place. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/privacy https://www.nytimes.com/privacy