Talk:Alexa Gillman

Commenter: Alexa Sonnenblick

Alexa, I think you did a fantastic job on this assignment. It's clear how much effort you put into analyzing all channels where your information can be found, and I thought your writing style spoke to your personality and made your statement a pleasure to read. In your introductory paragraph, I found it really interesting that you found "the concerning part was not the information other individuals could find about me, but the information companies stored about me." Thinking back to my own data identity assignment, I didn't consider the latter. I completely understand why this felt like more of a data breach since it's not information that you voluntarily provided to the companies who stored it. Though I will say, I personally believe that by using online search engines, you're agreeing to forfeit your information to some extent. Even though you don't agree with this intuition, I appreciate that you addressed it where you wrote "although it can be argued that...". Addressing the opposing opinion and explaining why you do not agree with it strengthens your argument—so great job there. In terms of your structure, I really like how you divided your findings into different categories, and in particular, I thought your "who is she?" paragraph was very creative and almost comical; I loved it. Great job!!

Commenter: Joanne Orozco I very much enjoyed reading your article Alexa. You did a great job with dividing your findings in a clear and easy to read way.