5.2.1
Online Activity Tracking
Online Activity Tracking
Online Activity Tracking
Many people have concerns about how their online activity is tracked. It is now easy to track activity such as:
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Websites you have visited
Websites you have visited
- Using cookies, it is possible to track your Internet history.
- Advertisers sometimes use this to show you relevant adverts.
- There is a lack of regulations about tracking data, which has led to some companies tracking data without permission.
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Search terms you have used
Search terms you have used
- Your search terms are tracked, and often used in marketing.
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What you have purchased
What you have purchased
- Purchased items are often recorded and sold to advertisers who might wish to advertise similar products to you.
1Components of a Computer
1.1Structure & Function of the Processor
1.2Types of Processors
2Software & Software Development
2.1Systems Software
2.2Applications Generation
2.3Software Development
3Exchanging Data
3.1Compression, Encryption & Hashing
3.3Networks
4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms
4.1Data Types
5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues
5.1Computing Related Legislation
6Elements of Computational Thinking
6.1Thinking Abstractly
6.2Thinking Procedurally
6.3Thinking Logically
7Problem Solving & Programming
7.1Programming Techniques
7.2Programming Construction
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1Components of a Computer
1.1Structure & Function of the Processor
1.2Types of Processors
2Software & Software Development
2.1Systems Software
2.2Applications Generation
2.3Software Development
3Exchanging Data
3.1Compression, Encryption & Hashing
3.3Networks
4Data Types, Data Structures & Algorithms
4.1Data Types
5Legal, Moral, Cultural & Ethical Issues
5.1Computing Related Legislation
6Elements of Computational Thinking
6.1Thinking Abstractly
6.2Thinking Procedurally
6.3Thinking Logically
7Problem Solving & Programming
7.1Programming Techniques
7.2Programming Construction
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