{"id":251873,"date":"2026-05-21T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/should-students-care-about-their-internet-privacy-the-rampage-online\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:05:09","slug":"should-students-care-about-their-internet-privacy-the-rampage-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/should-students-care-about-their-internet-privacy-the-rampage-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Students Care About Their Internet Privacy? \u2013 The Rampage Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Should Students Care About Their Internet Privacy? \u2013 The Rampage Online<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.therampageonline.com\/opinion\/2026\/05\/21\/should-students-care-about-their-internet-privacy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-21 17:52:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.therampageonline.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Since the beginning of my middle school years, I have always done homework, taken exams, and checked grades online. This was also the time when having social media in my grade was a \u201cmust\u201d for other students. A lot of people don\u2019t think it\u2019s a big issue, but there are so many ways our privacy is collected without us knowing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are reasons why you might have been talking about a restaurant you want to try out, or a specific situation you have going on out loud, and then suddenly you get that said content on your \u201cfor you page\u201d even when you never searched it up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Social media apps use an invisible tracker called \u201ctracking pixels.\u201d <\/span>Tracking pixels <\/span>listen in on what users do across other websites and devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tracking pixels are small images that stay on our screens when we visit websites or even in our emails and track what we do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The worry about our privacy and where our information went was never a major concern in my mind back then, but now it is definitely something all students should be cautious about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We don\u2019t think twice when it comes to the little things online; our browsers, like Google and Safari, are some of the biggest ones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This past September of 2025, Google was ordered to pay <\/span>$425 million in a privacy lawsuit<\/span> for violating smartphone users\u2019 privacy and data, even while collecting it when users had the\u00a0 Web & App Activity feature off. The feature allows users not to share their location with sites like Google or Safari. Google also <\/span>collected over 100 million Android users\u2019 data without their consent<\/span> in a new settlement this May.<\/span><\/p>\n

Students are always doing research, and Google is one of the most popular search engines, used by over 170 million schools and universities, which is a concerning amount considering that we don\u2019t know what they are doing with that data or how they are using it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Search engines are not the only ones taking data. Social media apps like <\/span>TikTok,<\/span> Instagram<\/span>, and my beloved <\/span><\/p>\n

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