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Earlier this month, Lois Beckett detailed everything we know about the data companies selling your personal information — from how much you make to whether you’re on a diet. “Certain kinds of sensitive data are protected — but much of your information can be bought and sold without any input from you,” Beckett noted.
You responded with concerns, questions, and personal stories of working to keep your information safe. Some of you said you avoid store loyalty cards. Another commenter added, “Whenever I am asked for a zip code or phone number, I always make one up.” Overall, many were left asking, “Now what?”
Join us this Friday at 1 pm ET for a live discussion on data privacy.
Beckett will be online to answer your questions about the people buying your information, and the companies they sell it to. We’ll also dig into the reintroduced Do Not Track Online Act, a legislative effort to let people opt out of online data mining.
Tweet #MyDataChat Beckett (@loisbeckett) will be joined by fellow data and online privacy reporters Natasha Singer of the New York Times (@natashanyt) and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries of the Wall Street Journal (@jenvalentino). Leave your questions in the comments below or tweet your question to @ProPublica with the hashtag #MyDataChat and don’t forget to join us right here this Friday at 1 pm ET.
