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You’ve been planning on fixing your brakes and Googling auto repair shops. At the same time, you have been longing to buy butterscotch fudge ripple ice cream and searching for it on your Instacart app. Suddenly, you’re seeing ads for car repair and ice cream parlors. It may seem like a weird coincidence, but it’s actually a scheme cooked up by data brokers.
When you visit a website or use an app, you consent to specific data being used by that company. This can be purchased by ad auction companies,…
