budlightbody t1_j1bckdw wrote on December 23, 2022 at 1:15 AM Reply to comment by dr_jiang in TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone. by TheKeyboardKid I would argue that's a good use of data. Personally I enjoy targeted ads too, because it's things I'm actually interested in. But we should all be getting paid to provide that data. Permalink Parent 77
budlightbody t1_j1bckdw wrote
Reply to comment by dr_jiang in TIL that DMVs in the US are allowed to sell some of your personal information and do. This practice is legal under federal law. For example, Florida’s DMV made $77 million and California’s DMV made $52 million in 2017 through this practice alone. by TheKeyboardKid
I would argue that's a good use of data.
Personally I enjoy targeted ads too, because it's things I'm actually interested in.
But we should all be getting paid to provide that data.