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The word benefit here was in the larger social context. I believe that privacy is a legal right, and so I see the issue a bit differently. You're implying the data can be misused, my point is the data should not be collected to begin with.

I strongly believe that removing the apparatus itself is the best method to prevent misuse. The moment you have a data collection division - the very first thing they're going to want to do is self-preservation. And the best way to preserve a division and get raises is to show how valuable they are. The easiest way to do this is by linking it to revenue in some fashion. Its so very human.