Being tech-savvy, you would be pretty familiar with tech or security news that, time and again, informs you about your data collection. After Trump signed the anti-privacy bill, the ISPs were empowered to collect data with liberty. Moreover, a considerable amount of information is also being collected by online retailers. The NSA is also monitoring us all the time. However, there remain a few examples of data collection that might surprise you and might also make you a bit nervous. These examples are enlisted below:
1. Stores Buying Location Data from Facebook
The Location Awareness program allows Facebook to monitor where you are going and uses that data however it sees fit. WCPO reported that the data is sold to stores that you have visited. That’s why most people are now worried about their privacy. This is how you may start getting notifications based on the stores you walk into in the future ahead. The notifications might be related to the visit of your friend to that particular store or about a sale happening on one of your favorite products.
According to Facebook, the data sold to stores is anonymous and only used to serve location-based ads. However, it still raises concerns as Facebook knows where you are and might sell this information. Nonetheless, many people might be happy to get better ad-targeting services, but not everyone might be satisfied with such monitoring.
