Ask HN: What companies use User data for good?

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With the big events with data breaches from companies such as Facebook / Cambridge Analytica as well as Equifax coming to light, what is the value from a user perspective of the companies harvesting data and are there any companies that can claim the data is being used for good?

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All those which are pledged to take initiatives to ensure full conformity with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If a person doesn't give his or her agreement for operating their personal data by 05/25/2018 each self-respecting service owner or company or even a gambling database like https://bettingcasinoslots.com/20-free-no-deposit-bonus/ should permanently delete all the users' data.

Supposedly 23andMe uses their genetic data of their millions of users for good, to help research and identify genetic problems/solutions, etc.

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