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Data combination allows McDonald's to build a more comprehensive profile of a user than any single source alone would permit.
Information a user provides directly may be merged with automated and third-party data, resulting in a richer combined profile held by McDonald's.
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"We may combine the information you provide to us with information that we collect through automated methods, and with information we receive from other sources.Excerpt from McDonald's's Privacy Policy
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Data combination allows McDonald's to build a more comprehensive profile of a user than any single source alone would permit.
Information a user provides directly may be merged with automated and third-party data, resulting in a richer combined profile held by McDonald's.
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