Wanna Die?

This is why you care about privacy.
SEATTLE – A King County letter that ended up in the mailboxes of thousands of pet owners is raising concerns over privacy.
The letter told pet owners to license their pets or face a $250 fine.
“It feels weird to me, it feels like they’re kind of snooping around in a place where they shouldn’t be,” said dog owner Chris Lee.
Turns out for the last four years, King County has been using data companies to target specific taxpayers, or in this case pet owners. That means every time customers swipe those rewards cards, they’re gathering data.
Same with your apps on your phone.
Now consider this — that’s a government buying the data and then looking for who might not have a dog license.

This post was published at Market-Ticker on 2016-11-04.