YouData

"Everything you do online is logged in obscene detail... you have no privacy... I was bowled over by the scale and detail of the tracking..." - Farhad Manjoo, NYT https://www.nytimes.com//data-internet-privacy-tracking.ht

‘Fingerprinting’ to Track Us Online Is on the Rise. Here’s What to Do. - The New York Times

Wow. New low. (Well actually not that new. Newly discovered!) https://www.digitaltrends.com//gmail-purchase-history-pri/

Creepy/crappy data. And some advertiser is now paying a little more money for the pleasure of reaching yet another wrong person. Everyone loses (except of course Facebook). https://www.wsj.com//facebook-ads-will-follow-you-even-whe

"42% of users are willing to share their data when the benefits are clearly explained, with another 21% willing to do so if they feel trust toward the brand". Hopefully, we can convince consumers to hoard their data, not share it. #meismine #privacy https://360.advertisingweek.com/regaining-consumers-trust-/

You are the product. But at least you can be YOUR product. #meismine

"...the very business model of these companies is geared to privacy violation."

"Be warned: Once you see the vast amount of data that has been collected about you, you won’t be able to unsee it." #meismine

Publishers will have to decide at some point: Are they in the data and consumer tracking business, answering to unrealistic/impossible requests from advertisers? Or are they in the content business, where they can focus on what they do best? (Survivors will choose the latter.)

Adobe found that about 28% of website traffic likely came from bots and other non-human signals. Yikes! (It's probably higher, btw.)

Upset about how much of your data Facebook has? Wait until you see what Google has got on you.

"...many companies have been blustering their way through for years, trying to convince prospective customers that they’re on the cusp of doing something highly advanced to target consumers, which may never materialize."