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		OneLeggedCat on Jan 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please Sell My Personal Information I can't wait for insurance companies to start charging higher or lower rates based on the personality traits they've gleaned.

manicennui on Jan 6, 2023 [–]

If they had the data and found them to be significant predictors of future behavior, I'm sure they would. One must be very careful when doing this in industries like insurance and lending though, as they can be proxies for protected classes.

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