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Is anything of value ever truly free?

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Many people would tend to think of Internet content as being free.

And indeed, we can spend seemingly endless hours reading online news articles and watching Youtube videos, all without handing over a penny.

But is there a cost?

One might say that depends on how much you value your privacy.

One thing beyond dispute however, is the fact that advertisers see immense value in the data trails we create when surfing the web.

Our IP number can reveal the city or region in which we live.

Our web traffic can provide a pretty strong sense of what we’re interested in, particularly if it shows we travel to the same sites regularly or even daily.

All this to say, once a site you visit provides you with a cookie, advertisers follow the trail of crumbs.

In the end, they target and tailor ads to your perceived interests which appear on various sites you visit.

Some may see benefits in this as they’d prefer being offered products and services that do indeed correspond to their interests.

Others may chafe at the thought of being ceaselessly monitored.

For anyone who wants to learn more about behavioural advertising, I invite you to click here to read our latest fact sheet.

And stay tuned. You’ll be hearing more from us on this in the weeks to come in the form of new information for organizations

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