semi-legitimate market, but maybe even more troubling one, involving so-called data brokers, which collect your data, package it, and can sell it to pretty much anybody. on wednesday, the senate commerce committee released a report on the industry. one common practice is to sell the most financially vulnerable consumers, who are grouped at rural and barely making it, or ethnic second city strugglers. the list appeals to be designed to target those who need quick cash. that's not even the worst of it. companies can buy list of erectile dysfunction sufferers, as well as people suffering from alcoholism or aids. get 1,000 names from either group from a cool 79 bucks. then a list of rape sufferers, described as people who have been reported or identified by specific conditions, ailments, or illnesses relating to rape. those can be yours for little 8 cents each. it's the wild west of little or no oversight.