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Ad firm plans to use people’s data in a maneuver to sink data privacy bill (www.politico.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Internal emails highlight how an advertising company can use its in-house resources to oppose public policy proposals.

One of the world’s largest advertising firms is crafting a campaign to thwart a California bill intended to enhance people’s control over the data that companies collect on them.

According to emails obtained by POLITICO, the Interpublic Group is coordinating an effort against a bill that would make it easier for people to request that data brokers — firms that collect and sell personal information — delete their dossiers.

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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Not a technical sociopath, no, but it does a damn good job of of getting people to mimic those tendencies. It just means those with the barest amount of empathy aren't successful capitalists, they just end up exploited and happy about it.