Why do data brokers exist and are they useful to the needs of society. Here are some of the largest and the nine data brokers included in the FTC$\text{'}$s analysis report: Acxiom, CoreLogic, Datalogix, eBureau, ID Analytics, Intelius, PeekYou, Rapleaf and Recorded Future.

Is this phenomenon primarily the fault of most people who simply expose so much of their personal data online?

Is the practice of collecting data, organizing it$,$ and offering it for sale ethical or not?

Can businesses such as: $($Kohl$\text{'}$s$,$ Zara's, Nordstrom's, and Tiffany's$)$ learn much useful data when they purchase information from data brokers?

IMPORTANTLY $...$ as a student of Consumer Behavior, what three $(3)$ things have you learned while completing these report questions.