Exclusive, by me: The U.S. Postal Service was sharing the postal addresses of its online customers with advertising and tech giants Meta, LinkedIn, and Snap, TechCrunch has found.
The USPS told TechCrunch that it addressed the issue and stopped the practice, claiming that it was “unaware” of the data sharing.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/usps-shared-customer-postal-addresses-with-meta-linkedin-and-snap/
Zack Whittaker /
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2024-07-18 15:17:50
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