The news about companies making billions off targeted ads and data access agreements is interesting. We get that hackers made money off the Equifax and Marriott breaches. But this information about the data market had me thinking, is my data making these companies a few pennies or is there more on the table?<p>This app calculates the value of a person’s data based on two sets of information. First, the apps you use, their data sharing agreements, and their annual revenue per user. Second, the email you use and the associated accounts that hackers have stolen information from. We’re working on improving our estimation methodology, but the data brokerage market is pretty opaque. Here are the sources and methods: <a href="https://medium.com/fast-garden/fast-garden-assessment-data-sources-399dad064723" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/fast-garden/fast-garden-assessment-data-s...</a><p>Thanks in advance for the thoughts, ideas, feedback.
This is pretty cool and at minimum food for thought on who's making money on my data. Where did you get the dollar amounts? Is that based on facts and conversations with these companies/data brokers?