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Ed Markey: “But that categorization can cause real economic harm, including profiling, redlining, and racial discrimination.”

On the recordDecember 17, 2013
But that categorization can cause real economic harm, including profiling, redlining, and racial discrimination.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey warns about the negative impact of data broker categorization on consumers.

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