[mikeiz404]

I’m guessing this is the relevant section stating that summarized anonymized data is shared.

We may collect, use, and share End User Information in an aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized manner (that does not identify you personally) for any purpose permitted under applicable law. This includes creating or using aggregated, de-identified, or anonymized data based on the collected information to develop new services and to facilitate research.

We do not sell or rent personal information that we collect.

[geoduck14]

I'm betting you are right. It may be that they sold aggregated data, and that they aggregated based on factors that might have been too granular in some situations.

Perhaps something like "all users who are in the UK and logged in last Sunday morning". Something like that could have been a pain to sess out for each instance of data sharing, in addition, if you "settle in court", you can also set court-approved definitions of what "anonymously aggregated" means.

[jjulius]

>We do not... rent personal information that we collect.

Forgive my ignorance here, but how exactly would one "rent" personal information?

[sodality2]

Sell a subscription to access current transactional data. Like if Verizon charged $x/mo to have access to call logs, and was sold to advertisers

[lancesells]

Access through something like an API and then losing access once you stop paying your monthly fee?