Reference no: EM134000799
Assignment:
Numerous companies have emerged selling "privacy." For example, Proton Mail is an email platform that is designed around private and secure email. The service costs $5 per month for basic email services (though a very limited free tier also exists). Other firms sell services purporting to be able to delete your personal information off the Internet. For example, for a modest fee of $10.75 per month, Abine's DeleteMe service claims to be able to remove your, "name, age, address, photos, email, past addresses, phone, relatives, social media, occupation, marital status, and property value" information exposed by data brokers.
a. Should privacy have a monthly fee?
b. Even if we have shared our personal information with companies like Facebook, Google, etc., do "data brokers" have a right to purchase our information?
BEFORE YOU ANSWER QUESTION 4B Consider the fact that we are essentially selling our information in exchange for services.