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Questions Raised Over How Amazon And Walgreens Are Using Customer Data03:46
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January 15, 2019

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Amazon and Walgreens are using information about customers to target them with products and ads, a practice that's raised questions about data privacy. Host Jeremy Hobson talks with Here & Now media analyst John Carroll (@john_r_carroll).

This segment aired on January 15, 2019.

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