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Quick – how many times a day is information about you shared over the internet?
Your texts, posts, searches, weather checks and online purchases might come to mind. But don’t forget about the Internet of Things.
As University of South Carolina legal scholar David Sella-Villa explains, these connected devices, which include exercise bracelets, smart speakers and cars, can automatically gather information about you and share it over the internet.
And it doesn’t stop there. Because Internet of Things devices are out in the world, someone else’s car, for instance, might catch you on its dashcam.
Sella-Villa explains that the first step in protecting your data privacy is knowing how the data flows, including through Internet of Things devices – both yours and those around you.
Sella-Villa’s article is the third in The Conversation’s series on data privacy, which explores who collects your data, what they collect, who buys it, and what you can do about it.
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Kim Patch
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The Internet of Things, which includes wearables, appliances and cars, is collecting an increasing amount of information about you.
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David Sella-Villa, University of South Carolina
Internet of Things devices are collecting an increasing amount of information, creating a web of data harvesting that ensnares people all around them.
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