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How web tracking changes user agency in the age of Big Data: The used user

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Peacock, Sylvia E·2014·Big Data & Society
DOI 10.1177/2053951714564228
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Big Data enhances the possibilities for storing personal data extracted from social media and web search on an unprecedented scale. This paper draws on the political economy of information which explains why the online industry fails to self-regulate, resulting in increasingly insidious web-tracking technologies. Content analysis of historical blogs and request for comments on HTTP cookies published by the Internet Engineering Task Force illustrates how cookie technology was introduced in the mid-1990s, amid stark warnings about increased system vulnerabilities and deceptive personal data extractions. In conclusion, online users today are left with few alternatives but to enter into unconscionable contracts about the extraction of their personal data when using the Internet for private purposes.

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Authors
Peacock, S. E.
Affiliations
York University (CA)
Corresponding author
Peacock, Sylvia E
ORCID
Peacock, Sylvia E
Venue
Big Data & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2014-07-01
Volume
1
Issue
2
ISSN
2053-9517 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1177/2053951714564228
OpenAlex
W2111205063
Cited by
93
References
2
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Big Data & Society (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Social Sciences › Law › Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Keywords
online tracking, user agency, big data, cookies, HTTP cookies, political economy of information, online self-regulation, privacy, social media data

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