Privacy
How Your Attention Is Auctioned Off to Advertisers
In mere milliseconds, online advertisers scrutinize your personal data and bid for your eyeballs
Privacy
Pixel Hunt
Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Their Websites Send Sensitive Data to Facebook
The Markup found many sites tied to the national mental health crisis hotline transmitted information on visitors through the Meta Pixel
Privacy
From “Heavy Purchasers” of Pregnancy Tests to the Depression-Prone: We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You
A spreadsheet on ad platform Xandr’s website revealed a massive collection of “audience segments” used to target consumers based on highly specific, sometimes intimate information and inferences
Privacy
Life360 Sued for Selling Location Data
A proposed class-action lawsuit cites Markup reporting and claims the family-tracking app did not get user consent to sell location data
Privacy
Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You
When you use supermarket discount cards, you are sharing much more than what is in your cart—and grocery chains like Kroger are reaping huge profits selling this data to brands and advertisers
Privacy
How Political Campaigns Use Your Phone’s Location to Target You
Before you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements
Privacy
Planned Parenthood Data Found on Another Location Data Dashboard
A free trial dashboard from INRIX listed Planned Parenthood as a “chain,” with at least 71 locations in 35 states
Privacy
After Dobbs, Advocates Fear School Surveillance Tools Could Put Teens at Risk
Monitoring software could be easily adapted to flag abortion-related searches
Privacy
Tech Industry Groups Are Watering Down Attempts at Privacy Regulation, One State at a Time
Coordinated industry lobbying is overwhelming the scattered efforts of consumer groups and privacy-minded lawmakers
Privacy
Following Markup Investigation, U.S. Regulators Questioned Life360’s Data Practices
The family safety company was approached by regulators about its data sales
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