Your online data: Convenience or security, but not both

3 News Now Investigator Jeff Van Sant speaks with an expert on if it's possible to keep your data private

AND THESE DAYS, WITHTHE PANDEMIC, THAT ISEVEN MORE TRUE.BUT, DO YOU REALIZEHOW MUCH OF YOURPRIVACY YOU MAY BEGIVING UP?

IT'S A LOT.3 NEWS NOWINVESTIGATOR JEFF VANSANT LOOKS AT YOURONLINE IDENTITY ANDWHAT YOU CAN DO TOPROTECT IT.THE WORLD ISCONNECTED ..EVERYTHING WE DO..SAY ..SHOP FOR..MOST OF US..DONT EVEN THINK TWICEABOUT IT..BUT OUR DATA..WHO WE ARE..IS OUT THERE IN THEETHER..1:20 WE DONT KNOWGENERALLY HOW MUCHOF OUR DATA WE'REGIVING AWAY ..BUT WE ARE GIVINGAWAY QUIT A BIT DR.MARGERET ADELINE ISAN ASSISTANTPROFESSOR AT UNO INTHE COLLEGE OFINFORMATION SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY 3:48THE MORE WE NEED THEINTERNET TO DOEVERYTHING THE WEDO..THE MORE YOU'REWILLING TO GIVE UPSOME RIGHTS TO YOURDATA..AMAZON SPOKEONETFLIX UBER GOOGLETHEY ALL COLLECT YOURDATA ..EVEN ASKING FOR YOURPERMISSION USUALLY INTHE FORM OF THE"TERMS ANDCONDITIONS." AND LETSBE HONEST WHO REALLYREADS THAT?

9:37ACCEPT..I DONT READ IT..NOPE..NO..I MEAN I SHOULD..BUT HEY UNIVERSE NOTDOING THAT!

HIT AGREEAND YOUR DATA BEGINSITS JOURNEY BUILDINGUP CREATING A SORT OFPROFILE OF YOU..THAT DATA IS SOLD AS ACOMMODITY JUST LIKEFRESH PRODUCE..YOU'RE DATA IS PLUCKEDAND OFF TO THEMARKET..6:18 THE GOOD NUMBERSSAY..THERE ARE ABOUT 200OF THESE INFORMATIONBROKERS THAT AREPRETTY ACTIVE IN ANDCOMMON ..ABOUT 12 OR 20 WILLGIVE SOME SORT OF OPTOUT..BUT REMEMBER ITSAGAINST THEIR BUSINESSMODEL 9:37:57 ITHOUGHT ABOUT THIS ALOT..BUT WHEN IT DOES COMEUP IM SUPPOSED TOREAD OVER IT..I DONT HAVE TIME TOREAD ..YES I ACCEPT ANDSHOULD I READ IT?PROBABLY ..BUT SOMEBODY HAS MYDATA..ITS ALREADY OUTTHERE..AND DONT FEELASHAMED THE TERMSAND CONDITIONSWRITTEN IN SUCH ACOMPLICATED WAY ..THE AVERAGE JOE..MIGHT STRUGGLE..14:25 I SAW SOMERESEARCH ONCE THATAVERAGE TERMS ANDCONDITIONS IS WRITTENAT THE LEVEL OFSOMEONE WHO HAS HAD18 YEARS OFSCHOOLING..THE UNITED STATES ISBEHIND THE CURVEWHEN IT COMES TO DATAPROTECTION..WE DONT REALLY HAVEANY MAJOR LAWS ORPROTECTIONS EXCEPTFOR FOR FEDERALTRADE COMMISSIONWHO HAS SOME POWERTO PROTECTCONSUMERS FORDECEPTIVE PRACTICESFROM SAY --TELEMARKETERS...THE EUROPEAN UNIONON THE OTHER HANDIMPLEMENTED AGENERAL DATAPROTECTIONREGULATION IN 2018..8:29 IT MAKESCONSUMERS FEEL MOREEMPOWERED..IN THE EUROPEAN UNIONAS OPPOSED TO THEUNITED STATES BECAUSEI KNOW MY DATA IS ACOMMODITY IT CAN ALLSOUND SO SCARY..IT CAN BE DATABREACHES CAN HAPPENJUST RECENTLY SOMEUSING INSTA-CART CLAIMTO HAVE HAD THEIR DATABREACHED..BUT FOR THE MOST PARTYOUR DATA ISN'TABUSED..BUT IS BUILT INTOBUSINESS MODELS..OPTING OUT IS A NON-STARTER UNLESS YOUWANT LIVE OFF THEGRID..IF YOU WANT A TAKE YOUHAVE TO GIVE..9:50 IF WE WANT TOMAINTAIN ALL OF THESEPRE SERVICES THATMAKE OUR LIVES SOMUCH EASIER THEN WEARE GOING TO HAVE TOGIVE SOMETHING UP THEBEST DEFENSE..DONT OPEN YOURWORLD TO EVERYONEON SOCIAL MEDIAFACEBOOK INSTAGRAMYOU NAME LOCK IT ALLDOWN..12:29 YOU HAVE THERIGHTS AND THEABILITIES TO CHOOSE TOWHOM YOU BROADCASTTO ..AND YOU SHOULDCHOOSE TO CURATETHAT LIST..SO JUST KEEP IN MINDYOUR DATA IS OUT THEREJUST TRY TO BE SMARTON WHAT YOU SHARE..I KNOW ITS A LOT TOASK..BUT CONSIDER READINGTHE TERMS ANDCONDITIONS..YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TOPROCEED..JEFF VAN SANT 3 NEWSNOW.TO FIND ALL THE