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Quiz: Data Privacy, Part 2

August 30, 2019

Marketers, law enforcement agencies, and identity thieves are using your data in new ways every day. How much do you know about data privacy?

Over the roughly five-year period since a European Union court established the “right to be forgotten,” Google has received requests to remove more than three million links from its listings. What percentage did it ultimately remove?*
- 24 percent
- 45 percent
- 61 percent
- 82 percent
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adopted by the European Union, Americans can sue European companies for mismanaging their personal data.*
- True
- False
A 2018 investigation found that personal injury law firms were using what kind of technology to target people in hospital emergency rooms with ads?*
- Geofencing
- Tracking cookies
- Look-alike modeling
- Ad exchanges
What percentage of Americans have experienced a major data breach, such as a fraudster stealing their credit card information or taking over their email accounts?*
- 34 percent
- 48 percent
- 64 percent
- 78 percent
The New York City police commissioner wrote in a recent op-ed that what kind of technology could make false convictions less likely?*
- Retinal scanning
- Artificial intelligence
- Facial recognition
- All of the above
When the GDPR took effect in Europe, over 1,000 U.S. news sites suddenly became unavailable.*
- True
- False
In 2019, a cybersecurity analyst found that what kinds of privacy-focused apps were collecting personal data without explicit consent?*
- Robocall blockers
- Password managers
- Ad blockers
- VPN connections
In June, Senators Amy Klobuchar and Lisa Murkowski introduced legislation to protect data that which type of devices collect?*
- GPS devices
- Fitness trackers
- Baby monitors
- All of the above
In a 2017 poll, a majority of Americans said they were unwilling to let the government tap into their online activity, even if it meant:*
- Detecting identity theft
- Stopping disease outbreaks
- Improving census data
- Foiling terror plots
A survey by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration found that more than a quarter of internet users in the U.S. had avoided what online activities out of concern for their privacy and security?*
- Conducting financial transactions
- Buying goods or services
- Posting on social networks
- All of the above

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