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Closed Companies/Banks to notify users when their personal data is sold.

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Companies like Google and Facebook sell personal data of the users to ad companies, and generate billions of pounds as profit, and pay virtually no or little tax. I would like companies to notify users when their data is sold, so users can stop it from happening or ask for a commission.

If you want to know how much your data cost
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/927ca86e-d29b-11e2-88ed-00144feab7de.html?ft_site=falcon#axzz2z2agBB6R

Some background
https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/22/how-much-is-personal-data-worth

Even banks can sell transaction data
http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/more-companies-put-data-about-their-customers-on-sale-8679852.html

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