>>reporter: pam dixon believes that if the result of all this profiling was just targeted in better ads, there would be no reason for concern but that's not what she's worried about. >> if you're a major employer or a major health plan, you could purchase this list. >> you don't know for certain that employers are purchasing can. >> that's correct. that's exactly correct. this is really outside of regulation. there aren't any laws that say that employers can't buy these lists and they're not that expensive. >>reporter: america tonight contacted exact data, a chicago-based data broker without asking why they needed them they agreed to sell us all kinds of lists, names, home, and email addresses of people who use online data services, gamblers and suffers. al jazeera america could have purchased access to deeply private information about tens of thousands of unsuspecting individuals. access that some fear could be bought by anyone. >> there are a lot of what ifs that you could come up with in your mind about what else could happen with that data but a lot of what we do as an industry is w

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the first person that i spoke to that offered me any type of insight was pam dixon and nina olson were both a great help to me in providing the information and what to do. nothing to do no apartment, still no job, still unable to find any kind of job. a couple at my church found out my situation and offered me a camper they had on their property in which to live. i graciously and humbly accepted the invitation and said, i'll only be here for a few months and then i'll be out of your hair. well, actually, i'm still there. the good thing out of it is in fact, that these people have become very close to me. they're very close to parents taken me into their family and i've really enjoyed knowing them. i will tell you that living in a camper and especially with two puppies is not a lot of fun, but i had to do that. the only work i've actually been able to obtain is work such as cleaning houses and care giving. and very candidly coming from an executive position with a six-figure income, not something you like to do when you have to do it. one of the problems with the dmf really, frankly, it