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Within the terra incognita realm of cyberspace, data is a critical asset for companies.
Social media companies such as Facebook and Google are driven by the user data they collect.
They utilize the data collected to formulate targeted ads for their users. With the complexity of
the data collected, it is hard to understand what the data company has access to and what they
do with that information. Online activities such as private social media chats and emails are
personal, and their sanctity should be protected. If big data companies are snooping through
people's private data, they violate various privacy laws protecting users online (Quan‐Haase &
Ho, 2020). Users need to utilize the prospects of online platforms without concerns about their
data being tracked and their information being shared with third parties. However, it is hard to
draw the line between what data the companies can and cannot collect. Extant laws are not well
equipped to distinguish between private and public data, which in most cases is subjective
(dependent on the users).
Americans believe that companies and the government regularly monitor their online
and offline activity. The most recent privacy law proposals address only a subset of the issues
revealed by privacy leaks. Congress passed laws targeting data brokers in the wake of the
Equifax data breach. Political ad disclosure, bot control, and online ad tracking limits have
been hot topics in the wake of Facebook and Twitter's prominence in public conversation.
States focus on specific issues, such as how employers can access educational technology items
and social media profiles and how drones can protect citizens' privacy (Quan‐Haase & Ho,
2020). Facebook has simplified and increased its privacy controls in reaction to recent events,
and new federal privacy legislation has focused on increasing openness and customer choice.
Even with such legislation being passed, the line between private and public data is still blurry,
and a proper definition of privacy is needed to address what can and cannot be collected by
data companies.

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1 Online Privacy Name of the Student Name of the Institution Name of the Course Name of the Tutor Due Date 2 Online Privacy Within the terra incognita realm of cyberspace, data is a critical asset for companies. Social media companies such as Facebook and Google are driven by the user data they collect. They utilize the data collected to formulate targeted ads for their users. With the complexity of the data collected, it is hard to understand what the data company has access to and what they do with that information. Online activities such as private social media chats and emails are personal, and their sanctity should be protected. If big data companies are snooping through people's private data, they violate various privacy laws protecting users online (Quan‐Haase & Ho, 2020). Users need to utilize the prospects of online platforms without concerns about their data being tracked and their information being shared with third parties. However, it is hard to draw the line between what data the companies can and cannot collect. Extant laws are not well equipped to distinguish between private and public data, which in most cases is subjective (dependent on the users). Americans ...
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