Talk:Emma Muth

Jesse Bruner's Comment

Hi Emma! I really enjoyed reading your page, and I thought your style of writing is very personable and easy to read (we also apparently have a lot in common; I was also home schooled, am a protestant, went to CC, live in greater Detroit, and [most likely] getting married this year). Your tone is relatable and matches the descriptive writing style, which certainly paints a vivid picture of what you are saying. So well done! That said, I have two recommendations. The first (which is less important) is consider adding additional analysis of your findings in your paragraphs or adding some additional analysis to the bottom paragraph. The vast majority of what you have written is your findings, but with minimal conceptual analysis about how it relates to you (not to say you don't have analysis). In more actionable terms: what connections are there to what you found (i.e. Target having your data) to your final conclusions?

Lastly, I would expand upon your ethical question: "is it ethical that we have no say in resetting or erasing portions of our digital footprint?" On the surface, it appears as if this is (mostly, or at least partially) untrue. For example, while doing my own search with data brokers, I found that you could for a lot of them delete your data (the one I was thinking about deleting my data from was Axciom). Similarly, social media platforms allow for you to view all the data they have on you and to request to delete them. I'm not sure about the shadier websites that you mentioned, which is why I am not saying you're wrong. Rather, I think it pertinent to flesh out your question further by bringing up how you can currently delete your data vs. how you cannot delete it.

Great job! It's really well written and you have some great points.