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Chapter 15: Markets for your data and a need for privacy

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

  • Chapter 15 resources, https://johnbandler.com/cyberlawbook-resources-ch15/
  • Chapter 32, Privacy and privacy laws
  • Chapter 36, Cyber speech and the battle for our minds
  • Privacy, https://johnbandler.com/privacy/ (we will return to this)
  • Coming someday, article on markets for our data
  • Coming someday, article on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica case
  • Prior book: Cybersecurity for the Home and Office (2017), Chapter 3, Advertising: Another Market for Your Data.

Chapter questions

  • If the service is free, you are the _____________
  • Explain what is meant by the phrase, “If the service is free, you are the product.”
  • Review a privacy policy for a free service you use (social media, etc.) Does it seem like they use your information to make a profit?
  • If a social media platform does not charge most of its users, and provides an enormous platform with many resources, how do they make money?
  • Do social media platforms have an influence on what content we see? How so?
  • How should social media platforms moderate the content on their platforms, and how should they decide what content a particular user should see in their feed?
  • What are some ways that digital advertisers monetize user behavior?
  • How much money is spent each year on digital advertising?
  • Compare advertising techniques from forty years ago with what is available today.

Links and information

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Originally posted 11/13/2024.  Updated 11/13/2024.