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You are here: Home > Law > Privacy PrivacyYour PrivacyWho's collecting information about you and what are they doing with that information?There are two ways you divulge information about yourself online - electronically, through "cookies," and voluntarily by supplying information when you register at a site or fill out a form sharing that information at a site. Either way, you should know what information is being collected, who's collecting information and what happens to the information they collect. Information supplied to sites and collected by the sites.Giving Away our Privacy. The information we give away is far more dangerous than current cookie technology. (If you ask me again in another year, my opinion might change.) The information our children give away is the most dangerous. And...you and they are giving it away every time you log on. According to a 1997 survey conducted by the Center for Media Education, a children's media watchdog group, roughly 40% of the major children's sites they surveyed solicit personal information about the children. The information they seek differs site by site, but in most cases includes at least the child's full name and address as well as their ages. Rarely do the sites recommend that the children check with their parents before giving out this information and often the children receive free gifts or chances to win prizes for completing the questionnaires. Some sites are using this information just for their own marketing, while others are selling the data they collect to third parties and advertisers. |
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