Many sites and activities collect information. No fake news there.
Due to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the consumer has gained some control and transparency of this information and data.
Google collects a lot. Spend some time at https://myaccount.google.com to gain insight. Google apps and apps using Google analytics collect information you may or may not see at the Google site.
Facebook obviously collects all the information you give or post. Facebook also collects information about you supplied by your contacts and friends, the applications and surveys they use, then all their contacts. Use the Your Facebook Information tab on your Facebook page to view the information they provide to account holder's requests.
Apple recently added the ability to download the information it has collected on your Apple account. Sign in with your apple ID(s) at https://privacy.apple.com/account. The collection and download to the requesting device may take days to compile and complete.
Another problem/issue is WEB tracking and WEB site analytics.
Tracking allows sites to "follow" you as you surf using tracking or "third-party" cookies. Most browsers allow user control of these types of cookies. Other blog posts have and will detail more control of tracking.
Analytics are more troubling to my mind. WEB site analytics allow to collect and reflect back to the sites, any or all user interactions while on the site or any of their child sites. How long it took you to respond to a popup, How long you hovered over a link. Analytics used for good allow the site developer to better tune the site for a better user experience. Analytics used for bad can capture keyboard input like passwords, credit card numbers, then send that information over another encrypted channel to site designed to collect this information, bypassing the encrypted tunnel used by the site visited.
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