Data Snatchers! The Booming Market for Your Online Identity

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Data Snatchers! The Booming Market for Your Online Identity A huge, mostly hidden industry is raking in billions collecting, analyzing, and sharing personal information you put on the Web. Should you be worried? - Mark Sullivan, PCWorld Share: Consumer Alerts GPS Alternative Developed By Defense Firm BAE Systems Google Nexus 7 Review Round-Up: Best $200 Tablet Available Amazon Cloud Hit by Real Clouds, Downing Netflix, Instagram, Other Sites Facebook Timeline Change Said to Affect E-Mail, Contacts Wi-Fi Performance Boosted From RF Technology Advances Firefox OS Devices Coming To Sprint VLC Player Beta Lands on Android Mobile Privacy Standards to Be Discussed at Government Meetings Get More Tips Online PCWorld Arrives on the iPad Download our app to get a heaping tabletful of news, Top Ten lists, reviews, and how-to advice delivered fresh to your iPad throughout the day. 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