NFL Teams Gathered Detailed Consumer Data Without Standard Notice or Opt-Outs
A combination of websites and apps for all 32 teams in the National Football League collected detailed data from consumers without directly informing them that their data could be used for targeted advertising or providing them with clear ways to opt out, according to a new report from the Digital Advertising Accountability Program, an industry watchdog.
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If you’re online, you’re generating a constant stream of information about yourself — sometimes voluntarily, sometimes unwittingly — that is assembled and used to craft your online experience. And generate wealth for data brokers. Meanwhile, designers and managers of the digital infrastructure on which the world depends are engaged in a never-ending effort to thwart attempts, by both criminal enterprises and state actors, to exploit vulnerabilities in those systems.
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