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Within the first three seconds of opening a web page, over 80 third parties on average have accessed your information. (Shutterstock)

Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

Raymond A. Patterson, University of Calgary; Ashkan Eshghi, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Hooman Hidaji, University of Calgary, and Ram Gopal, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Existing regulations do not go far enough in protecting people’s information from being collected and shared when they visit websites.
Almost every website — both for-profit and not-for-profit — commodifies user data. (Shutterstock)

To protect user privacy online, governments need to reconsider their use of opt‑in policies

Raymond A. Patterson, University of Calgary; Hooman Hidaji, University of Calgary; Niam Yaraghi, University of Miami; Ram Gopal, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, and Sule Nur Kutlu, University of Calgary

New research shows that opt-in policies may not be as effective as intended when it comes to data protection and privacy regulations.
‘What happened to Joe Biden?’ A 2020 Trump campaign attack advert. Donald J Trump/YouTube

How political attack adverts can backfire

Ram Gopal, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick and Niam Yaraghi, University of Miami

Negative political advertising can actually spark more curiosity about a policy issue.

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