Reflections on Privacy discussions: TED Talks and/or Privacy Policies

 Ultimately, none of the information we looked at regarding data privacy came as a surprise to me. I already knew that companies would get a lot of data from individuals who are using their applications and the extent(for some companies) of the amount of different data that they collect. There was at least one case where I wasn't aware of just how much data a company would collect. TikTok, while not something I use, was one of the companies that really ramped up how much data they collected. It was said in class some of the things they get, which for the most part was standard, but then it got to how they would take all of the contact info from you phone and collect that(phone numbers, emails, names.) In some ways it's not that crazy as it is a way they can connect you to people on your contacts that use Tiktok, but I really doubt that's all they use it for. Then on the other side of the spectrum is Steam(Valve). Pretty much all they get from you is data so they can identify you as you and then game statistics which are probably used to help suggest other games you might want. They are a independently held company which I think probably has a big hand in this.

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