Safer Internet: Who Wants Your Private Data?

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References: General | Companies | Government | Hackers, Trolls, Doxers


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Summary

  • Does a 'free' service require you to provide personal data or view ads?
  • How do social media, advertisers, your ISP/cell provider, "Big Data" to support 'free' content or generate revenue?
  • Employers, neighbors, stalkers, a vindictive ex
  • Banks, lenders, and insurance companies
  • Hackers
  • "Big Brother": the government and law enforcement. NSA, GCHQ (UK), FBI, CIA, DOJ, TSA, ...
    -- since 9/11, anything goes for 'war on terror'
  • Major copyright holders (RIAA, MPAA)
  • [2] Request what companies are storing about you, then perhaps make changes to permissions and settings to minimize what's collected and shared. A few companies that provide such a 'data dump':
  • Apple: Privacy (portal); privacy.apple.com > Get a Copy of your Data
  • Facebook: My Account > Sign-in & security > Apps with account access; Settings > General > Download a copy of your Facebook data > Download Your Information > View : customize: dates, type/quality of info; Create File; (wait); expand .zip, open index.html in browser
  • Google: Takeout: create an archive with your data from Google products

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Companies

Government

Hackers, Trolls, Doxers