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[Fast Company] E-books are fast becoming tools of corporate surveillance (www.fastcompany.com)

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A new report reveals that the world’s largest publisher may be selling readers’ intimate personal data to the highest bidder.

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[–] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

“Correction: An earlier version of this op-ed claimed the publisher Elsevier was tracking and selling data to third parties, a claim Elsevier rejects. Such claims have since been removed from the article.”

That’s a pretty big mistake for the article authors to make, unless it wasn’t.