Self-Directed Research – Data brokers:
Reference links for your research are
- Here are the data brokers quietly buying and selling your personal information: https://www.fastcompany.com/90310803/here-are-the-data-brokers-quietly-buying-and-selling-your-personal-information
- What Are ‘Data Brokers’, and Why Are They scooping up information about you?: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjpx3w/what-are-data-brokers-and-how-to-stop-my-private-data-collection
- Everything we know about what data brokers know about you: https://www.propublica.org/article/everything-we-know-about-what-data-brokers-know-about-you
After reading and researching (above referenced links) on DATA BROKERS, respond to the following 4 questions in total of about 350 words (see the attached document for the complete assignment).
- Select THREE data brokers companies from the list mentioned in the articles you have read and search for information on those companies. Report on the type of information you found.
- How do data brokers collect your data?
- Have you ever considered how you might be tracked? Does it bother you?
- In what ways are you able to keep your private information “private”? Explain your answer.
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ResearchAssignment-DataBrokers3.doc