ELI5; Why is selling data such a big deal?

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Obviously sensitive information like addresses, credit cards, etc. should be protected, but I don’t understand why it’s considered a big deal when companies sell other data? Don’t they just sell things like how much time you spent staring at a picture before you scrolled?

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Often sensitive information IS mixed in with this data. But youre right a majority of data Is purely for advertising purposes and not a big deal. I guess people see it no different to having a stranger just walk into your home and take pictures of things. What’s the big deal? It’s just pictures? But it’s still not comfortable and invasion of privacy.

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