Privacy in the Digital Age: When the Product is Free … You are the Product

This has been known in most Web 2.0 (Wikipedia) circles since it’s inception. Products, Services, and Information with Internet portals like Facebook, SnapChat, LinkedIn, Twitter, and nearly all other social media channels modern communication forms; notable are Google’s slate of “Free” offerings; in essence “The Deal”: “We will provide you this awesome tool for free” and in exchange you must agree to certain requirements (your privacy), usually your data. Web 2.0 refers to World Wide Web websites that emphasize user-generated content, usability (ease of use, even by non-experts), and interoperability (this means that a website ...