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Charlotte’s Privacy Gap: Why Mercury Local Refuses Surveillance Ads

August 20, 2025August 19, 2025 by Peter Cellino

The Observer’s owner describes targeted ads, cookies, and data sharing. Mercury Local rejects surveillance advertising. Here’s the privacy gap in Charlotte and why it matters to readers and businesses.

Categories Ad Technology, Privacy Tags adtech, charlotte-observer, journalism, mcclatchy, privacy, tracking

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