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Sometimes, though, there is hope for consumer protection. The NYT points to the sale of Texas-based dating site True.com as an example. In 2013, as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, True tried to sell its database of 43 million members’ personal information to another dating site based in Canada. However, the site’s privacy policy had promised never to sell or share members’ details without their permission, so the Texas attorney general’s office was able to intervene.
“It’s ‘we are never going to sell your data, except if we need to or sell the company,’” Hal F. Morris, assistant attorney general for Texas, told the NYT. “That is the type of information that people were entitled not to have trafficked and sold to the highest bidder. I think it’s an important safety issue for consumers.”
Full article is at consumerist.com.