The first question that came to mind was who keeps track of online purchases? The answer is market research groups. Some like the Pew Research Center are nonprofit, independent groups sponsored by philan

thropists. Others like Dun and Bradstreet, Comscore, and Controlled Data Corp. are for profit million-dollar companies.

I came to the conclusion that they did not need to know my race or sex when I was buying online because I was not solicited for my buying information in any poll or survey. I did not enter any sweepstakes, and no one called me about my buying habits. I am also not a member of Comscore or any such company. That is not to say the ads I clicked on were not tracked. I probably would not know unless i read the privacy policy (i did not) for the sites I visited. The market research companies may not know much about my person, but they may know where I have been on the Internet.

Finally, how do they get this information? Phone

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