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Amazon.com knows things about you that you may not know yourself. For years, the Seattle-based online retailer has collected detailed information about what its customers buy, considered buying, browsed for but never bought, recommended to others or even wished someone would buy them.

Though plenty of companies have detailed systems for tracking customer habits, critics and boosters alike say Amazon is the trailblazer, having collected information longer and used it more proactively.

Read more about the “Amazon dossier” in Technology Monday.