15 ways we give social media companies personal data

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[Click and Try some - On Us today!]( [15 ways we give social media companies personal data]( Caroline Delbert [ 15 ways we give social media companies personal data ]( [See full slideshow »]( In 2020, many internet users were savvier than ever about what they shared or didn’t share, but modern life almost requires engaging with social media in some way. How is personal data given to these sites, and how can that be utilized against users? To find the answer, Stacker compiled a list of 15 ways data is revealed to social media companies. This includes information from sites like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Norton, as well as news reports from Buzzfeed and more. What these insights show is that everything done online—from what is clicked on to how long a page is looked at—is valuable to people who are selling that data. Protecting privacy online is an ongoing challenge, and the goal posts are constantly moving as marketers grow more and more proficient in avoiding the obvious things consumers are aware of when visiting sites. That includes going past explicit location data, for example, and gathering up location footprints by using the things around users instead. It also includes setting up bots that scrub publicly available information to build profiles of users as potential customers. Any free service or app used is turned into a profile that can be sold to someone, whether directly or through customized advertising. Read on for some of the most common ways that social networking companies gather and sell users’ data to the highest bidder. The only way to completely opt out of this system is to stop using almost everything that relies on the internet, which some people can manage to do. But for the rest of us, simply being aware of how our data is being bought and sold can show us ways to keep that data to ourselves as much as possible. Forewarned is forearmed. You may also like: 10 most common items polluting the ocean Visit thestacker.com for similar lists and stories. © 2021 Stacker Media, LLC; Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC [Tweet It]( - [Facebook It]( Sponsor [Walk-in Tub for Seniors]( Discover the safer solution for bathing & Relax! With a walk-in tub, you can rest assured that you or your loved ones can bathe safely and comfortably. Whether your bath routine has become limited, or you just want to maintain your independence, a walk-in tub could be the solution. Learn more about walk-in tubs now and find the right one for you. [Get Your Free Quote Here]( [States with the biggest Native American populations]( Ellen Dewitt [ States with the biggest Native American populations ]( [See full slideshow »]( More than 5 million Native Americans live in the United States as members of 574 federally recognized and 63 state-recognized tribes. That number is projected to rise to 10 million people by 2060. A federally recognized tribe is a sovereign entity with a government-to-government relationship with the United States, as well as the rights of self-governance in such areas as tribal law and taxation. About half of Native Americans live on reservations, of which there are about 326, comprising roughly 56.2 million acres. The 16 million-acre Navajo Nation Reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah is the largest, and the 1.32-acre Pit River Tribe cemetery in California is the smallest. Stacker ranked the states with the biggest Native American populations and looked at some of the characteristics and conditions for each community, analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey one-year estimate. The U.S. Census Bureau’s definition of “Native Americans” includes Alaskan Natives but excludes Native Hawaiians. Compared with other U.S. races, American Indians have a life expectancy that is shorter by more than five years. The suicide rate among American Indian youth is 2.5 times higher than among youth in the rest of the country. American Indians are 2.5 times more likely to experience violent crimes than the national average, and more than four out of five American Indian women will experience violence in their lifetimes. Holistically, these issues can be seen as symptoms of several larger issues, including access to social services, educational opportunities, nutritional food, and health care. Property rights pose more significant problems, insomuch as residents who don't have deeds to the land they live on struggle to build credit, which throws a significant barrier in front of upward mobility. Meanwhile, tribal lands are tough sells for franchises and other commercial developers that would bring jobs to reservations, as these companies are often resistant to negotiating contract terms under tribal law. One effort to mitigate the aforementioned statistics came with the 1968 establishment of the American Indian Movement(AIM) in Minnesota, which advocated for sovereignty and rights. The group famously occupied the Wounded Knee battle site at the Pine Ridge Reservation for more than two months in 1973. Looking ahead, Rep. Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, has been tapped to head the U.S. Department of Interior for the upcoming Biden administration. She would be the first Indigenous cabinet secretary in the nation. Among her responsibilities will be the underfunded Bureau of Indian Education and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the latter of which oversees 55 million acres of tribal land. Keep reading to find out which states have the biggest Native American populations. 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