Facebook, Google Store More of Your Personal Data Than You Thought

Sure, we knew some amount of our data was stored by Google and Facebook...but do you have a clear idea of how much?

Monalisa Das
Tech News
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You think your personal data is not stored by Facebook and Google?
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You think your personal data is not stored by Facebook and Google?
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In light of the recent incident of the massive data breach, many are calling for greater social media regulation. The question that has arisen after Cambridge Analytica – the international data mining company – allegedly misused Facebook user data to advise Donald Trump’s 2016 US presidential campaign is that:

How safe is our personal data that we put up on the social networking platforms?

To answer this question, Dylan Curran, a web developer, recently started a massive Twitter thread explaining how Facebook and Google store minute details of user information across all devices.

Curran said that even deleting the information doesn't really help!

Google Stores Much More Than You’d Think

Google Customises Ads Based on Your Personal Data

Google knows where you are:

Your Data Is Enough to Fill About 400,000 Word Documents

Facebook Knows Every App Connected to Your Facebook Account... Like Tinder

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They Have Access to Your Webcam & Mic

Yep, They Know What Images You Download

Still think your personal data stays ‘personal’?

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