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Who's Watching You Online?

Monday February 20, 2012 Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago by Amber Lee

It's not news that many websites 'watch you' while you're online and track information about what you do when you're online. But now, you'll have a heads up as to how much snooping is going on with Privacy Score. 

It's a free plug in for your browser, that will automatically rate a website when you go there. Privacy score has nearly 1,500 popular sites rated. It won't score every single site out there, just the 1,500 already rated. 

The rating is from 0 to 100. The higher the rating, the safer your info. 

 

 

**Funny side note: A story was just in the paper about Target 'knowing' a teenage girl was pregnant before her family did, because the store watched her spending habits. Target sent the teen coupons for baby products in the mail. Her father was upset and went to complain, but weeks later, he found out his little girl was pregnant. He apologized.