This is particularly salient to our hobby. In the comments section, I left a comment that there is a huge industry that performs this information harvesting at the highest level, and was not part of the article, the survey and panel industry. If you think that this important, please like the comment. You'll have to register to like, but's i's just confirming your email address. PopSci also has free subscription over the summer.
https://www.popsci.com/download-digital-personal-information