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> A coworker baking cookies and sharing them with coworkers isn't trying to make money off of those cookies. A startup is.

You're implying that the rules only apply to companies whose line of business is selling data. There wouldn't be an issue if that were true. Making money by selling mugs on the internet where you also collect some customer data is analogous to making money by working for a company where you also distribute cookies.




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