Q: Many people are now opting to provide technology companies with their personal data in exchange for access to software. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Nowadays technology plays a very vital role in our lives. And big multinational group use these new machines to make their living, for
this
these marketer use personal information as a product to bargain with their software. It has its own advantages which are very beneficial for the people but as we know with good deeds there are some limitations
also
which we will be discussing
further
.
Firstly
, it is a business these days for the merchants to sell
data
in large amount to another marketing team in exchange for software to have a continuous business going on. These
such
organizations have good links with each other so that there can be versatility in their work with no problems among them.
therefore
, the communities like WhatsApp, Instagram, youtube,google sell their input to many other agencies like amazon, Flipkart, myntra so that they can provide us with the advertisements and products related to our browsing history. Sometimes it is very useful as it makes our searching easy for the particular item , but in many cases by the leaking of personal information of other people can create a huge problem for them. Some advantages for selling the statistics to these association can be is to provide the users with what they needed with the help of online advertisements related to their interested product. As it happens with me many times in the morning I remember I was searching for a pair of shoes on google and after some time I opened my
insta
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instal
it was full of advertisements for shoes for what I was looking for and help me to buy at great price and quality. But , there are some drawbacks
also
, as selling these
data
packages can lead to interference in the privacy of other people. As by selling the personal chats of WhatsApp, Instagram much important info can be used by wrong hands like if a person shares his/her password related to any account like bank accounts or entertaining account , with the use of
this
data
the account can be hacked by the
third
party and can create a chance of misuse. In a conclusion,
this
large club
sell
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the
data
packages to other marketing organization to make their living and for a continuous business without thinking about the privacy of the
third
party, how it will affect them so we should not share our personal important information on these platforms.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • opt to
  • enhanced user experience
  • personalized recommendations
  • user satisfaction
  • streaming services
  • innovate and develop
  • technological advancements
  • artificial intelligence
  • automation systems
  • privacy concerns
  • data breaches
  • identity theft
  • financial loss
  • monopolistic behaviors
  • reduced competition
  • data and personalized settings
  • vast amounts of data
  • potential invasion of privacy
  • loss of trust
  • increased dependency
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