What Does It Actually Mean When a Company Says, “We Do Not Sell Your Data”?Experts say the privacy promise—ubiquitous in online services and apps—obscures the truth about how companies use personal dataBy: Alfred NgYou’ve likely run into this claim from tech giants before: “We do not sell your personal data.” Companies from Facebook to Google to Twitter repeat versions of this statement in their privacy policies, public statements, and congressional testimony. And when taken very literally, the promise is true:
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