Title: Explain the techniques used to collect personal data through social media, web tracking, and mobile devices.
Course: Cybersecurity Fundamentals (10302-I) > Section: Exploring Data Privacy and Security

Explanation should include

- the term data collection as the process of gathering pieces of information
  - active vs. passive
  - informed consent vs. no consent
- the types of sources where data can be collected
- first- and third-party cookies
- device fingerprinting
- information gathered by social networking sites
- information collected through search engines
- information provided voluntarily in exchange for services or access to services (e.g. user agreements)
- data brokers
- biometrics.