Facebook collects intimate customer data from over 100 European pharmacies

Sun, 30 Apr 2023 3:22:00
0 minutes, 36 seconds
Dan
  • Facebook collects detailed information about pharmacy customers and their purchases from over 100 online pharmacies in Europe, a Swedish Radio News investigation has found.

  • The data gathered by Facebook includes search terms and detailed descriptions of products like HIV tests and Viagra,...

Who Is Collecting Data from Your Car?

Sat, 14 Jan 2023 22:11:00
0 minutes, 54 seconds
Dan

Today’s cars are akin to smartphones, with apps connected to the internet that collect huge amounts of data, some of which is highly personal.

Most drivers have no idea what data is being transmitted from their vehicles, let alone who exactly is collecting, analyzing, and sharing that data, and wi...

These Companies Know When You're Pregnant - And They're Not Keeping It Secret

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 21:16:00
0 minutes, 59 seconds
Dan

In early 2012, the New York Times Magazine put out a cover story about Andrew Pole, a statistician working for Target who was tasked with inventing a way to identify potentially pregnant shoppers, even if those shoppers didn’t want the company to know. The rationale, Pole said, was that moms-to-be a...