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Back in 2015 both of facebook and of cambridge analytica. if they didn't get the information about their data, the ftc could have subpoenaed them and we could have known about this before that data was abused. obviously in britain it was abused for the brexit campaign. and here people's data was used to manipulate a political process where they may have ended up unwittingly supporting a candidate's efforts that didn't align with their values. so it is a very serious concern and there's a very simple solution, which is we need to give people the right to their data. and in fact the obama admini...

>> have you ever considered what will happen to your digital possessions when you die? stossel: no. i won't care about my digital possessions. i'll be dead. but eric who runs an internet consulting company says i should care. why? >> well yeah, you should care. you should care just like you care about your bank account. there was a story about a woman who died, no friends, had quit her job, no family, they didn't find her for five years. they did auto deduction out of her bank for five years. >> for five years her internet bill paying kept going, and nobody found her. >> right. until her bank ...

Me this commercial. >> have you ever considered what will happen to uh your digital possessions when you die? >> no. when i die? i won't care about my digital possessions. i'll be dead. but eric averbalm who runs an internet consulting company said i should care. why? >> you should care just like you care about your bank account. there was a story about a woman who died, no friends had quit her job, no family. they didn't find her for five years. they did auto deducts out of oh her bank for five year ares to pay bills system for five year ares her internet bill paying kept going and nobody fou...

Conditions, but we don't know what we're signing away. >> yeah. >> we don't have a way of easily understanding that. and there's a lot of people out there that are advocating now for an internet bill of rights. >> so you have some basic sense, like oh i'm not being experimented with. >> maybe i'm depressed i'm not going to, you know, get shown really depressing stuff. >> clay? >> but we as consumers really have to take some i think responsibility and understand when we're engaging these services, if it's an advertising-bas advertising-based medium, that's the point of advertising. to manipulat...

Complaining they are slowing down but netflix is negotiating with verizon as well. there is good news in that. u.s. customers generally pay higher broad wast fband in the . here in the u.s., we pay 53 cents compared with 93 in canada. given all this, how can you lower your cable and internet bill? one-third of customers actually bother to negotiate for a lower bill. half of them get some form of a discount. it is worth trying. a couple of tips first. first of all, find out what competitors are offering. if you are with a provider and you feel it is expensive, look online. say i've by a loyal c...