"First to our producers, then our members and, of course, to the press over time. "In addition to knowing what people buy, Amazon also knows where people live, because they provide delivery addresses, and which credit cards they use," said the report. "It knows how old their children are from their baby registries, and who has a cold, right now, from cough syrup ordered for two-hour delivery. "Free smartphone apps are not really free. "In a data-rich networked world, the adoption of various apps and platform has opened more and more avenues for personal data collection.

Source: Economic Times April 21, 2019 07:18 UTC