6. 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?

For many years, advancement in technology has seen a lot of people accessing the internet for

information

.

However

, is it really worthed to give out personal

information

to companies running technology? Personally, I believe

this

has more drawbacks than benefits.

Hence

, In

this

essay, I will explore the pros and cons of

this

issue and provide a conclusion.

To begin

with, I will look at the benefits.

One

of the major plus points to

this

is that the personal data provided can be used to personalise the functioning of the software. To illustrate, certain software that requires

one

to give personal

information

tend to use it in order to give individualised content to help that particular person.

Therefore

, the

information

one

provides is used in return to help him. Despite

this

being the case, I still believe it is not a prudent thing to do.

On the other hand

, withholding personal

information

from these companies helps to protect a person from cyberbullying. Of late, there has been an increase in the number of people who have been abused online because they gave out all their personal data. Take,

for example

, a survey conducted by the Zambia

Information

and telecommunications on causes of cyberbullying, it was determined that

this

springs from the supply of confidential personal data. Henceforth, the grave dangers of doing so can not be underestimated. In conclusion, even though the provision of personal

information

to technology companies can be used to provide personalised service, it is often used to exploit an individual and bully them online. Personally, I believe the consequences outweigh any benefits

one

can get.