Page 195 - Reclaim YOUR DIGITAL GOLD (without audio)

ConClusion

For countries to avoid falling behind, their governments
and institutions must, wherever possible, lead the way
by investing in and making technology available across
the countries entire population, rather than focusing on
incremental innovation that results in positive change
for only limited sectors of their country.

We discovered how online data collection and harvesting
are causing unimaginable amounts of data to be
generated. Although, there are many ways to collect data,
it is becoming clear that data for data exchanged online
is the simplest and most effective means of leveraging
our digital power, because we give our data every time
we go online or use a technology device that can track
our activities and movements. Data is only valuable
when it can be converted into insights and used to train
AI through ML to produce powerful algorithms that drive
results and efficient decision making.
We investigated the concept of privacy and discovered
that it has all but vanished or is constantly under attack,
particularly because we leave a digital footprint almost
everywhere we go online, unknowingly providing a digital
inventory that can be used to profit from our identity.

Furthermore, service providers and platforms may store
cookies (tracking codes) on our computers or device,
and advertisers may use some of these saved cookies
to present us with a recommended purchase based on
our most recent search or interest.

The good news is that privacy policies are still in place,
and remain a priority for Big Tech companies. As a
result, many user control settings are available on
their platforms and devices for us to set up, change, or

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