You make an online purchase of a hooded sweatshirt with the logo of the dallas cowboys. the next time you log on, your screen has a banner ad for dallas cowboy hats and shirts. this banner ad is most likely the result ofa. the internet crime of theft of private informationb. coincidencec. data miningd. encryption software

c. data mining

Explanation:

Data mining can be defined as the term which is used for knowing the user preferences by using their previous search queries.  

Nowadays Data mining is being used by many companies to predict and show them the appropriate ads in front of them on the basis of their previous search queries.

so, according to the scenario, the most appropriate answer is option C.

the difference is right there dont you see it