Data Brokers, Gun Owners, and Consumer Privacy 95
New submitter FreaKBeaNie writes "Earlier this month, the FTC issued 9 orders to data brokerage companies to learn more about their privacy practices. Data brokers are skilled at connecting quasi-private data with publicly available data, like voter rolls, housing sales, and now gun ownership records. Unlike merchants or business partners, these data brokers may or may not have had any interaction with the 'subjects' of their data collection."
Re:Uhh... So? (Score:3, Funny)
We need to build our own Slashdot! With blackjack and hookers!
Re:Uhh... So? (Score:5, Funny)
This Japanese student had trouble understanding the meaning of the American expression, "The shit hits the fan."
What could it mean, he thought -- is it the contrast between a delicate beautiful fan, compared to a lowly earthy excretion?
Then he got it -- an electric fan.