Tuesday 18 April 2017

19/04/17 - Here's how to protect your internet browsing data now that it's for sale


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/30/privacy-protection-web-browsing-history-data-congress

'Congress voted this week to allow internet service providers to sell the browsing habits of their customers to advertisers.' Reducing the amount of privacy online consumers have. Rules are continually changing which may easily be confusing people. Some don't want to share details but they may be a lot harder to find. And consumers are often charged to opt out.

I think that even though we lose some of our privacy by being online consumers, it shouldn't be exploited for profit. and it shouldn't be difficult to find out whether our data is being sold on. Its creating a new market, a very annoying market that doesn't need to be made. Making it difficult mainly exploits the most vulnerable.

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