Amazon uses purchase data to make oddly specific guesses about shoppers
Users discovered that Amazon stores unusual descriptions of them based on purchase history, such as "has flat buttocks," "has no friends," and "treats cats as biological children." The list is viewable, editable, and deletable under Your Shopping preferences in account settings.
- Amazon generates user descriptions from shopping history
- Examples include "has flat buttocks," "has no friends," "regularly consumes coffee"
- List is accessible via Your Account → Your Shopping preferences → About You
- Users can edit or delete the descriptions
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