Center for Technology Innovation Nonresident Senior Fellow Niam Yaraghi and Center for Technology Innovation Research Assistant Samantha Lai write in a piece for Brookings that research found an increase in online traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic and advances in data analytics have enhanced consumer surveillance. An analysis of the top 1,000 U.S. websites found third-party sharing increased with online use throughout the pandemic. “This significantly elevates privacy concerns about consumer welfare in the rapidly-digitizing world we live in today,” they said.
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