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==Purpose==

[[File:Data-driven vs data-brokering.png|alt=A diagram which shows that raw consumer data is collected by software and hardware, then analyzed by data-driven companies and data-brokering companies. Data-driven companies use the results of their analyses to inform decisions to increase sales and help with targeted advertising. The result is that consumers buy more products and advertisers spend more money. Data-brokering companies use the results of their analyses to figure out which companies/entities they can sell the data to, who might want them. This includes data-driven companies. The profits from either path are generated at the expense of people's privacy.|thumb|Corporations collect massive amounts of personal data (sometimes even from people who aren't paying customers) to find ways to get people to keep spending more money, which they collect. The profits from either path are generated at the expense of people's privacy.]]

In recent years, technology companies have been engaging in unethical forms of conduct such as mining personal data to train artificial intelligence without the person's consent, selling personal data to data brokers which are used in invasive advertising, forcing planned obsolescence on products and services where it makes no sense for the user, installing ransomware on devices without the owner's consent, and censoring views of users which they object to. Consumer electronics repair store owner Louis Rossmann uploaded a series of videos on his YouTube channel encouraging his viewers to stand up against these practices.

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+[[File:Data-driven vs data-brokering.png|alt=A diagram which shows that raw consumer data is collected by software and hardware, then analyzed by data-driven companies and data-brokering companies. Data-driven companies use the results of their analyses to inform decisions to increase sales and help with targeted advertising. The result is that consumers buy more products and advertisers spend more money. Data-brokering companies use the results of their analyses to figure out which companies/entities they can sell the data to, who might want them. This includes data-driven companies. The profits from either path are generated at the expense of people's privacy.|thumb|Corporations collect massive amounts of personal data (sometimes even from people who aren't paying customers) to find ways to get people to keep spending more money, which they collect. The profits from either path are generated at the expense of people's privacy.]]
 In recent years, technology companies have been engaging in unethical forms of conduct such as mining personal data to train artificial intelligence without the person's consent, selling personal data to data brokers which are used in invasive advertising, forcing planned obsolescence on products and services where it makes no sense for the user, installing ransomware on devices without the owner's consent, and censoring views of users which they object to. Consumer electronics repair store owner Louis Rossmann uploaded a series of videos on his YouTube channel encouraging his viewers to stand up against these practices.