{"id":170,"date":"2019-10-17T21:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T21:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2019-10-18T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:35:00","slug":"what-user-information-will-a-website-collect-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/17\/what-user-information-will-a-website-collect-on-you\/","title":{"rendered":"What user information will a website collect on you"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"170\" class=\"elementor elementor-170\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b518e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b518e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a0a758\" data-id=\"8a0a758\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342bd10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"342bd10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Website tracking is hardly surprising to anybody anymore.<\/p><p>Collecting user data and tracking your digital footprint is a completely legal, standard practice that nearly every website uses to profile each visitor.<\/p><p>Some of this information is used for marketing purposes, while the rest is stored indefinitely by the website &#8211; and the log is enriched with each subsequent user visit.<\/p><p>Some of this information is obvious and some less so, but at the end of this article you&#8217;ll be surprised at how much info any website you visit can collect about you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f84054 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f84054\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa36402\" data-id=\"fa36402\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc12689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc12689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Your IP Address<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48fa01f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48fa01f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cfc181\" data-id=\"4cfc181\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376a2e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"376a2e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stating the obvious here &#8211; every website you visit will record your IP address.<\/p><p>Unless you&#8217;re using a VPN, it will also know your ISP and your approximate geographical location.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59a97c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59a97c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d97bb72\" data-id=\"d97bb72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fbca3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"99fbca3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/location-from-IP.jpg?fit=498%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-177\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/location-from-IP.jpg?w=498&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/location-from-IP.jpg?resize=300%2C111&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Use a VPN to spoof your IP address and your location<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-333317b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"333317b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91d1e17\" data-id=\"91d1e17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbaf41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adbaf41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Cookies!<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be4599b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be4599b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-612c6b9\" data-id=\"612c6b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86690eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86690eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A cookie is a text file which contains small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser on your local machine.<\/p><p>Cookies are for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you log back in, want to buy something, leave another comment, etc.<\/p><p>When you change any setting on a website, a cookie can store that change and make it persistent for future browsing sessions.<\/p><p><em>(While we&#8217;re at it, take a quick look at my <a href=\"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/privacy-policy\/\">privacy policy for osintme.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><p>Normal cookies aren&#8217;t all that bad, but third party cookies are a real privacy scourge.<\/p><p>A large proportion of websites relies on third-party advertising scripts, which are also a type of cookies. The privacy implications are that if two or more different websites use the same advertising scripts, your browsing history across all these sites can be linked and tracked.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d31e57 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d31e57\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e16cc9c\" data-id=\"e16cc9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01ae193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01ae193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Any activity while on the website<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cb0fb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cb0fb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3963895\" data-id=\"3963895\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d741eae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d741eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you browse and interact with content hosted on somebody&#8217;s website, you should remember that any activity there is open to scrutiny and can be logged.<\/p><p>To illustrate this point, I recommend you visit <a href=\"https:\/\/clickclickclick.click\">https:\/\/clickclickclick.click<\/a> and interact with it for a while.<\/p><p>In this case the monitoring is a bit of fun, but it will make you think outside the box about what you&#8217;re doing online.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6229f17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6229f17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2224f76\" data-id=\"2224f76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248a5cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"248a5cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/click.jpg?fit=1024%2C761&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-176\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/click.jpg?w=1190&amp;ssl=1 1190w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/click.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/click.jpg?resize=768%2C571&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/click.jpg?resize=1024%2C761&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">   .<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fd7ade elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fd7ade\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca978f5\" data-id=\"ca978f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d4a2f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d4a2f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. Your browser user agent<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b3d344 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b3d344\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e1eac8\" data-id=\"6e1eac8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0418ac6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0418ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A browser user agent is a string of plain text information\u00a0 identifying your browser and your operating system to a particular web server.<\/p><p>This is what it looks like:<\/p><p><em>Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/77.0.3865.120 Safari\/537.36<\/em><\/p><p>The web server hosting the website you visit can use this user agent to serve different web pages to different web browsers. For instance, if a website detects a mobile browsers, it will send the mobile version of itself to that browser.<\/p><p>In the background, the website will gather statistics related to the use of various browsers and operating systems, as well as how the users interact with a particular version of a website in their browser.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-478714a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"478714a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8fc046\" data-id=\"b8fc046\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a189b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22a189b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Your browser fingerprint<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7afc841 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7afc841\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8915fdd\" data-id=\"8915fdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad10b6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad10b6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are only so many browsers out there for millions of people to use&#8230;<\/p><p>However, browser are really very unique. The following browser characteristics are collected when you visit a website:<\/p><ul><li>your operating system,<\/li><li>your screen resolution,<\/li><li>your current time zone,<\/li><li>your language settings,<\/li><li>your browser version,<\/li><li>your browser plug-ins and their versions,<\/li><li>your installed fonts.<\/li><\/ul><p>Sometimes the more effort you put into anonymising your browser, the more unique it becomes!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f1df0a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f1df0a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c514e2e\" data-id=\"c514e2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19675e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c19675e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/browser-fingerprint.jpg?fit=619%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-178\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/browser-fingerprint.jpg?w=619&amp;ssl=1 619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/browser-fingerprint.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-010c215 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"010c215\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b11fda2\" data-id=\"b11fda2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27a7a92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27a7a92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Your browsing metadata<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d02917 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d02917\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b8405c\" data-id=\"7b8405c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9dd6fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9dd6fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Metadata is &#8220;data about other data&#8221;. It&#8217;s basically a number of characteristics that can describe any object (or activity) without directly revealing it.<\/p><p>So in the case of browsing, without revealing your identity, the websites can collect the following metadata about you:<\/p><ul><li class=\"marginLeft40\">your queries \/ items you search for using a website search engine;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">the frequency of your returning visits to a website;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">what you click on;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">how much time you spend on a website;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">your scrolling speed and mouse movements;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">your comments;<\/li><li class=\"marginLeft40\">your interaction with other user-generated content present on the site.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c553a41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c553a41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f873d18\" data-id=\"f873d18\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7a34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c7a34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><em>\u201cEverything we do in the digital realm\u2014from surfing the web to sending an email to conducting a credit card transaction to, yes, making a phone call\u2014creates a data trail. And if that trail exists, chances are someone is using it\u2014or will be soon enough.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>\u2013 Douglas Rushkoff, \u201cThrowing Rocks at the Google Bus.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f69955a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f69955a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cfa7ac\" data-id=\"7cfa7ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b23df elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71b23df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A couple of useful links:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-97758ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"97758ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99f7336\" data-id=\"99f7336\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697548c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"697548c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ipleak.net\">https:\/\/ipleak.net<\/a> &#8211; 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