Privacy, Data Harvesting, and You (The Promise and Perils of Technology) - Softcover

Freedman, Jeri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508188300 ISBN 13: 9781508188308

Publisher: Rosen Young Adult, 2019

Synopsis

One of the most widespread online practices today is data harvesting, the collection of users, personal data and information about their activities. Data harvesting raises significant issues about the right to privacy. This informative narrative explains what data harvesting and data mining are and how they are carried out. The importance of privacy is covered, as well as two of the most common applications of data harvesting and data mining: the selling of products and services, and the influencing of people's attitudes toward political issues. Teens learn ways that they can safeguard their data to protect their privacy.

About this title

About the Author

Jeri Freedman has a B.A. degree from Harvard University. For fifteen years, she worked for high-technology companies involved in cutting-edge technologies. She is the author of more than thirty young adult nonfiction books across a wide range of fascinating topics including careers, history, performance arts, and technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1508188300
• ISBN 13: 9781508188308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64