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Big tech-media mergers raise new privacy concerns

Data collected by Internet and media companies is a powerful tool, and the big mergers offer them more data that can be used to target consumers with content and advertising

Published Tue, Oct 25, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Washington

    THEY know how you browse the Internet, your favourite TV shows and where you shop and travel.

    Data collected by Internet and media companies is a powerful tool, and the big mergers planned by AT&T with Time Warner and Verizon with Yahoo offer those firms more data that can be used to target consumers with content and advertising.

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