Everyday actions such as browsing, shopping, watching videos, using apps, and playing games create data. That creation is only the beginning: data can be combined, analyzed, and used to produce more data. section 7.2
A data life cycle can extend through several stages:
- Data is created as a direct or indirect result of an action. section 7.2
- Data is aggregated or integrated, then used as raw material for new data. section 7.2
- Data is analyzed for patterns and extended into further data and derivatives. section 7.2
You are part of this cycle. Conscious choices about how your data is stored, managed, and used can help you take control of it and consider its effects on people you care about. section 1.1.3
Everyday traces
A walk through a city with street surveillance, browsing a website, or sharing a photograph can create data with consequences beyond the original action. section 1.1.3
