How to do an online privacy checkup

MILWAUKEE -- If you use Facebook, Twitter, or a smartphone there are lots of companies collecting data on you.

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A lot of these services are free because we contribute information to the database. The types of information that these companies are collecting could be your name, birthday, home address, and the people that you are communicating with.