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"freely giving away their data" is a misrepresentation. People are either putting up with their data being collected, or unaware that it is happening, because that is the only way many services can be accessed nowadays. I bet you couldn't find a single person off the street who would answer "yes" if asked whether they go on the internet specifically to give personal information to ad companies.

Or, to put it more briefly: "How is it spying when the White House employees freely hung up our gift painting with the bug in it on their wall?"