“If it’s free, you are the product”: many online services make a living by exploiting your personal data, i.e., selling it to advertising companies. Furthermore, most of these services are based in the United States and obey US laws like the PATRIOT ACT which deny all rights to privacy.
“Ma tha e an-asgaidh, is tusa am bathar”: gheibh iomadh seirbheis air loidhne cosnadh à gabhail brath air an dàta phearsanta agad, ’s e seo gun reic iad gu companaidhean sanasachd e. A bharrachd air sin, tha a’ mhòrchuid de na seirbheisean sin stèidhichte sna Stàitean Aonaichte agus fo laghan nan SA mar am PATRIOT ACT a dhiùltas gach còir air prìobhaideachd.