The fact that they are running coupon websites to actively 'link' profiles together was surprising, kind of ingenious.
Then you have Q Interactive which they also bought which was largely known for clickgen.com and coolsavings.com Like Fluent they are big in co-registration, lead generation, data collection & sales, affiliate marketing etc.
That's really a tiny bit of the data that gets traded on consumers every day. All kinds of transactions get logged and sold. Credit card declined transactions are an example that surprises many people however it's the kind of data that debt consolidation, pre-paid debit card and credit management companies love.