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		jp555 on May 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, ... Why do you think "personal data hoarding" a huge problem? I see it as MY data and YOUR data is pretty worthless. Aggregate data has value, but then that doesn't contain much insight about any individual at all. Isn't it true that the more people's data you have, the less it says about any individual?

croon on May 8, 2020 [–]

> Isn't it true that the more people's data you have, the less it says about any individual?

I don't see why it would. Unless legally compelled not to, why wouldn't you save both PII and aggregate?

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