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BUSTED Spincar caught selling dealer data

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Comical. If it was innocent, then why terminate the agreement with Nielsen? Criteo does SpinCars retargeting NOT Nielsen so their explanation doesn't ring true. Criteo captures all the info they require natively with their pixel. For clarity why doesn't SpinCars provide a copy of their agreement with Nielsen? Why wouldn't they address our client's privacy concerns raised in the email provided in this thread? Why not sign off on our clients privacy agreement when asked? It's all bullshit..SpinCars explanation is bullshit..

Coincidentally "Bullshit" is the name of my upcoming presentation at Digital Dealer. SpinCars is lying, but their lying is just the tip of the iceberg.
 
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I'm reading this part of that email:

SpinCar Representative said:
….we’ve terminated our relationship with Nielsen altogether. We’ve also purged our entire codebase of the Nielsen tag.

as a cover up. It is hard to believe one is innocent when everything gets "purged." Elections have been lost on actions like this.
 

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A dealer alleged that SpinCar was selling customer data to competitors for profit, sparking concern that multiple vendors (including DealerInspire) were monetizing dealer-sourced shopper data—data that dealers had paid thousands to generate. While DealerInspire's leadership denied the allegations and attributed suspicious data tags to third-party scripts, the thread revealed a broader industry problem of data misuse and discrepancies between vendor-reported and actual analytics metrics, with a notable 2021 edit indicating the original poster eventually reconciled with SpinCar after gaining more knowledge about their practices.

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