Does Privacy actually exist in the internet?

Digital Privacy is the right to keep sensitive data and information that we created while on the web to and keeping it private. When we are online, we usually search for things thinking that whatever we type is a secret that only we know. However, throughout the years, everyone began to understand that cookies and other data tracking are being used to locate and secure our data to give us better results such as gives us the information that we are exactly looking for or having ads on products or sites that we have visited before. In their mind, they think that this is fine for us and it helps us to find things we are looking for however, it’s not fine in the face many people find this situation very uncomfortable. The idea that there are people who are watching our every move and using our data without us knowing is concerning.

For us having our digital privacy is important not just because its within our rights but mostly for our safety. The idea that our data is stored online means that there is a likely chance that our information could fall into the wrong hands which cause us financial harm or identity fraud. People can also use our information to attempt to reach us online or in real life with the possible intention to harm us. Especially since in current times where we rely on the internet more than ever, we are becoming an easier and vulnerable target as we move forward.

The article that I looked into is a New York Times article called Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret. Most apps out there can track the user location and track every single detail of their location. They are able to track where you have been, the date and time you were at that location. According to several businesses they say that is “their interest is in the patterns, not the identities, that the data reveals about consumers”. The problem with this is that they don’t let us know that they are doing when we download the app, the idea that they track the places we been to is disturbing and easily make people feel unease about the app which they can possibly delete it and thus hurting the business more and than doing good. For me, I always wonder what are the benefits of doing this?