{"693198":{"#nid":"693198","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What Are We Giving Up When We Give Up Data Privacy?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECharles Woods, a privacy rhetoric expert in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, shares four major concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e1f8e241fe1b6fd530b9630c54994b205\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat\u2019s happening:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EAs people share more personal information through social media, online purchases, health trackers, and location services, Woods warns that many accept data collection without fully understanding how their information is shared and monetized.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e23145cb70ed4e1e0cb082d4bff9d8157\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhy it\u0027s important:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EIncreasing third-party data sharing and privacy slippage between corporate and government organizations threatens our privacy and makes us more susceptible to digital profiling, targeted enforcement, and self-censorship.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli data-list-item-id=\u0022e03d2093f47eade25a63ae531dadeca34\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExpert insight:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0022What we need to do in response to the astronomical streams of data being shared online is develop a response to our surveillance apathy,\u201d Woods said.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/featured-news\/2026\/10\/data-privacy-concerns\u0022\u003ERead the full story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECharles Woods, a privacy rhetoric expert in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, shares four major concerns.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Charles Woods, a privacy rhetoric expert in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, shares four major concerns."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2026-10-12 14:31:18","changed_gmt":"2026-10-13 14:32:42","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681409":{"id":"681409","type":"image","title":"MERCURY--4-.jpg","body":null,"created":"1791816096","gmt_created":"2026-10-12 14:41:36","changed":"1791816096","gmt_changed":"2026-10-12 14:41:36","alt":"Stock photo of person shopping online with a credit card","file":{"fid":"265812","name":"MERCURY--4-.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/12\/MERCURY--4-.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/12\/MERCURY--4-.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":863538,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/12\/MERCURY--4-.jpg?itok=zZFkV5ef"}}},"media_ids":["681409"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:diminardi@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIvan Allen College of Liberal Arts\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dminardi3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}