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What Consumers Don’T Know They’Re Giving Away (Data And Privacy Concerns), Bayleigh Reeves
What Consumers Don’T Know They’Re Giving Away (Data And Privacy Concerns), Bayleigh Reeves
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The modern world leverages technology and information captured by it in ways the inventors of these technologies likely never imagined. Phones and other devices are gathering information about consumers in the background when they do not even realize it. Pew Research Center found that about 77% of Americans own a smartphone and 88% use the internet. This mass access to technology and information tracking raises many privacy concerns. Basic demographic information is being tracked as well as more in-depth information like shopping tendencies, financial information, and information about known associates. While most of this data is being used for marketing …