Gujarat advertisements and public notices have raised a privacy concern around horoscope or astrology-style personal profiling. The issue is important because personal profiling can reveal personal information or be used without clear transparency to the user.
The exam value of the topic lies less in astrology itself and more in the governance question it raises: how should public authorities or market actors handle personal data, consent, and disclosure when profiling individuals for commercial or informational purposes?
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