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Rob: companies could be praying on your kid getting ready to go to college, data mining companies with college applications, selling the information. expert say kidney to be cautious about sharing anything personal on an application. there are no laws regulating consumer data brokers. jillian: we see this all the time, foxbusiness alert, are you checking a bag when you fly? get ready to cough up more cash. rob: tracy carrasco here with more on jetblue's praise hike. >> reporter: if you are checking a bag flying jetblue you will be paying $30, that fee is up from $25. if you booked a flight yes...

Optional. there's no way to track down the information they have given and take it back. >> shepard: and no demerits for not filling it out. what do you do to protect? >> read the fine print. look closely at the wording. that's what the experts say. look closely at the wording. we talked to a fordham university law professor. he's researched the student data mining practices. >> how can a parent find out? the bottom line is it's almost impossible. the marketplace is very opaque. we were able to identify about a dozen companies that were purporting to sell student information. >> currently ther...