Action | App / company / entity | Data collected | Category |
Called my parents | Apple – FaceTime | Call log, time, length of call, location of caller and recipient | Chatting |
Texted classmates on WhatsApp | 1. Facebook – WhatsApp 2. Google – Gboard | 1. Time, location of messages, message content, images, message read-receipt and viewing activity 2. Keyboard typing activity on phone | Chatting |
Messaged friends on Messenger | 1. Facebook – Messenger 2. Google – Gboard | 1. Time, location of messages, message content, message read-receipt and viewing activity 2. Keyboard typing activity on phone | Chatting |
Moved around the city (walking, in a Lyft, etc.) | Google Maps | Background location history | Moving around |
Bought coffee | 1. Chase 2. Starbucks | 1. Time of purchase, amount spent, vendor information 2. Time of purchase, amount spent, purchase information, credit card information | Moving around |
Took a Lyft to the airport | 1. Lyft 2. Chase | 1. App interaction information (button clicks, swipes, time spent on app), pick-up location, destination, time, credit card information, driver and car information, the route I took 2. Time of Lyft, amount spent, Lyft vendor information | Moving around |
Checked in to a Delta flight to NYC, went through security, and boarded flight | 1. Delta 2. TSA (U.S. Government) | 1. App interaction information, personal ID information, TSA number, flight information 2. Flight information, check-in information | Moving around |
Ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant | 1. Restaurant 2. Chase | 1. Time of purchase, purchased items, credit card information 2. Time of purchase, amount spent, vendor information | Moving around |
Checked the weather app | Apple | App interaction information | Moving around |
Connected to WiFi | MIT | Device information, connection times, data sent through network | Going online |
Watched Netflix | Netflix | Time, location, viewing content and browsing activity | Going online |
Did research for thesis | 1. Google 2. MIT | 1. Search terms, browsing history 2. Browsing activity within MIT resources | Going online |
Listened to podcasts | 1. Apple 2. WNYC | 1. App browsing and listening activity, timing 2. Podcast download and listening activity | Going online |