Facebook buys data on what people do offline: Report

A new investigation has revealed that the social networking giant buys data on your offline activities without your knowledge.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-12-30 14:48 GMT
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The information that Facebook collects can include things like how much money you make, the stores you shop in, and even the number of credit cards you own, according to the investigation by ProPublica. 

At the heart of the issue is that the tech giant gives users little indication that it buys far more sensitive data about them than what the social media platform declares it knows.

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