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US marketing company hit with $150M fine for selling data to fraudsters; non-profit supporters among those targeted by resulting scams

A marketing company in the United States will pay a $150M penalty for illegally selling personal data to online scammers.

Epsilon Data Management LLC – based in Texas – has agreed to the fine after a lengthy investigation uncovered personal data on millions of consumers being sold over nine years from 2008 to 2017.

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