Online Tracking
Google, Facebook, MySpace, and others are simple sites you visit everyday. Ever notice those annoying ads that pop up on your screen, asking if your interested in something or other? Do you know that the ads are intended to pop up on your screen based on the sites you go to? Yes, theses websites track your internet activity and based on the sites you go to and what you look up, they sponsor ads on what they think you might be interested in. Sometimes, companies can sell your information to other sites, so that they can do the same thing. Now, with all that said, do you feel that the ability that sites have, to be able to record your internet activity and sell it to others, is wrong? We went around and asked people for their opinion, and these are the results we came up with. Some people felt that this was invading their privacy and that they do not want companies to know where they’re going and what sites their using. Some people said that they did not think of this as a big deal, and that this actually works, they end up actually buying some of the stuff being advertised to them. They feel that this is a useful tool for business. What do you think?
