As part of its 5-year inquiry into digital platform services, the ACCC has published a basic report regarding the business practices of data brokers - those shady motherfuckers that take data collected by one company and sell it to other companies. The report explains the major players in Australia (CoreLogic, Equifax, Experian, Illion, LiveRAmp, Nielsen, Oracle, PropTrack & Quantium), how they collect data, what products they offer and potential harms to consumers. The ACCC will now conduct a deeper investigation into the data broker industry that'll feature in its next installment of the digital platform services inquiry to the treasurer. Dunno if much will change any time soon, but at least someone's taking a look at this very opaque part of the internet.
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