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Originally Posted by gmw
Collecting the data required to provide a specific service is a far cry from what is happening with Google et al. AND I still expect even small business to take reasonable steps to protect what little data they did obtain. When I give business X certain details I am making a choice for my dealings with that business. It's a clear up front choice. If I discovered that the convenience store down the street was abusing my trust then I would not shop there. But as a rule such businesses don't do that (or not at scale, I'm sure some gossip happens). One of the reasons why they don't is that their customers expect better of them.
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You can expect whatever you’d like until the cows come home. It’s logical that Amazon et al would have stronger safeguards against that data being breached because they’re under more scrutiny and pressure than your local corner store, further they’ve got the resources and don’t keep your data on a computer protected by a door lock.
Interesting that you cling to your choice of doing business with those small businesses yet criticize others for making a choice to do business with Amazon et al. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander, and if you insist on holding your right to choose to give your information away to certain businesses so to should others be free to do so without you decrying their choices and demeaning them.