We all share our data with big tech companies to access certain services. This article looks at why giving away this information is problematic, as well as the impact of the world's strongest data protection - the General Data Protection Regulation
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How much do you know about online advertising and its implications for your privacy? Find out with this week's quiz.
Every time you go online, your personal information — health history, sexual orientation, browsing history and more — can be shared with thousands of companies in less time than it takes you to blink your eyes.
Through real-time bidding, intimate and very detailed information about you may end up in databases owned by companies you have never heard about without you ever consenting to it.
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