Although we may not be conscious of it, nearly every action we take online involves sharing some amount of information with a website or its advertisers. Because of this sharing of information, most sites on the Internet have a lengthy document somewhere on the site, frequently written in legalese that they call a “Privacy Policy.” Despite their name, the focus of most privacy policies is to describe how a website is using your information. While they vary greatly, these policies all generally have three core provisions: what data is collected, what does the site do with the data, and who can the site share the data with. Continue reading “Online Privacy 101”