The data and privacy policies of our leading technology companies (Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon) are long, confusing, and rarely read.

We're researchers at Columbia University, and we're trying to change that by creating a visualization of these policies that you can interact with on the web.

We'd like your help imagining questions you might ask such a visualization. What would you want to know? What concerns do you have and what are you indifferent about? We'd love your ideas as we develop an easy way to compare and contrast company policies across these issues. 

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* 1. Have you read the Terms and Services or data policies of these companies?

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* 2. Do you understand them?

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* 3. What do you wish you knew about how these companies use your data?
(Please add anything that comes to mind, such as data and information collection, sharing data with third parties, legal rights, storage and protection, privacy and privacy settings, etc.)

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* 4. If you could compare the policies to each other, what would you like to learn?

For example, is Facebook better or worse than Google at letting me delete my data or account? etc. 

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* 5. Any other thoughts on this topic?

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