In the digital economy, data trade or information trade is a concept that describes digital data, in particular consumer information and personal data, as a commodity that can be traded.

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  • Data privacy, Personal information, Telemarketing, Privacy rights, Personal property, Commodification, Health care information privacy, Trade legislation, Consumer information, Personal computers
• "The economics of ownership, access and trade in digital data" (PDF). Joint Research Centre. 2017.

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• Marr, Bernard (September 7, 2017). "Where Can You Buy Big Data? Here Are The Biggest Consumer Data Brokers". Forbes. Retrieved January 15, 2020. Data is power in the digital economy. Multi-national corporations have made farming data from monitoring everything we do – what we buy, who we talk to, where we take vacation – a core business strategy.
  • Google, Facebook, Acxiom, Nielsen Corporation, Experian, Equifax, Corelogic

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