Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Democrats selling voter data to retailers?

The success of the Democratic effort in 2012 was credited in large part to a massive data-mining effort and hyperaccurate microtargeting. - HotAir

...ProPublica reports today that other Democrats may be selling all of that collected data not just to other activist groups, but also to big businesses...

In the future, voters will become a lot more cautious about sharing that kind of information, once they realize that Democrats sold it for a few bucks. Talk about killing the goose laying the golden eggs.