FAIR OR NOTData: what happens to your information
Data brokers, cars and TVs that track you, health apps that share, location data for sale and accounts you can’t delete. Read how each one works, hear the other side, find the options you may not be told about, and vote: fair or not?
Data brokers selling your personal information
Is it fair for companies you have never dealt with to collect and sell your personal information?
Cars sharing your driving data
Is it fair for your car to report how you drive to data companies that insurers use?
Smart TVs tracking what you watch
Is it fair for your smart TV to track what you watch and use it to sell ads?
Accounts and data that are hard to delete
Is it fair for companies to make it hard to delete your account or to keep your data after you leave?
Health apps sharing your data
Is it fair for health, fitness and period-tracking apps to share your data with advertisers?
Phone location data sold by apps and carriers
Is it fair for apps and phone companies to sell records of where you go?
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