Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies

Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here’s how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online. Matt Burgess is a senior writer at WIRED focused on information security, privacy, and data regulation in Europe. He graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in journalism and now lives in London. Send tips to Matt_Burgess@wired.com. verywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing and funnel it back into targeted advertising systems, which build … Continue reading Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies