SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Oct 8 apologised after "inadvertently" using phone numbers and email addresses for advertising even though the personal data was provided for account security.
Twitter users' phone numbers and email addresses – submitted to allow for account authentication – were matched with advertisers' own data to enable targeted ads.
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