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When discovering your data profile becomes too overwhelming

I tried to find out what data Facebook has on me and the file was so huge and creepy that I just closed it because I could not handle knowing.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The scale of personal data collection can exceed our psychological capacity to process its implications.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Data and identity — who owns you online?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.