Big Data

What is data

• information on the internet

• facts and statistics collected for different purposes

• internet information needed for you to surf the internet

A consumer is

Targeted advertising is

• when companies use information they collected about you to show you specific advertising

• when companies geolocate you using internet cookies to find out where you live

• advertising that tries to sell you targets

Cookies are

• A tool used by websites to provide you with malware

• Small text files stored on a computer that keep track of what kind of virus is on your computer

• Small text files stored on a computer that keep track of what a person does on a website

General Data Protection Act is

• The Act that makes it free for people to use the internet

• The act that makes it illegal for hackers to hack into your computer

• The Act that gives you general data for free on the internet

• The Act that protects European Union citizens from online companies is known as the

The General Data Protection Act means that

• companies can't collect information about you unless you give them permission

• companies can't charge people to use the internet

• companies can collect information about you and sell it to other companies

when a person creates a false website in the hopes of collecting your private information it is called

When companies collect information about you on the internet through cookies or other means it is always for malicious purposes

• true

• false

Name the piece of hardware that sends your information to the internet

I know a website is safe because

• It is published by a university or a government

• It ends with a .com or a .fr

• I just have a good feeling about it

• it has a little lock in the url and the web address has a https instead of just http