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Data exhaust or exhaust data refers to the data left by the activities of an Internet user during his/her online activity. Every website we visit, link we click, even where we hover our mouse is collected, leaving behind a trail of data. An enormous amount of often raw data are created, which can be in the form of cookies, temporary files, logfiles, storable choices, and more. This information can help to improve the online experience, for example through customized content. It can be used to improve tracking trends and studying data exhaust also improves the user interface and the layout design. On the other hand, they can also compromise privacy, as they offer a valuable insight into the user’s habits.

The data that is collected by companies is often information that does not seem immediately useful. Although the information is not used by the company right away, it can be stored for future use or sold to someone else who can use the information. The data can help with quality control, performance and revenue.

Unlike primary content, these data are not purposefully created by the user, who is often unaware of their very existence. A bank for example would consider as primary data information concerning the sums and parties of a transaction, whilst secondary data might include the percentage of transactions carried out at a cash machine instead of a real bank.

Medical Exhaust Data[edit]
Most medical devices emit some form of exhaust data, such as many pacemakers, dialysis machines, and cameras used during surgery. The majority of this data is never captured, and is primarily abandoned after the surgery is completed, or the device makes its next routine check. Some issues have arisen regarding the use of the data captured by devices like pacemakers. This can lead to larger issues surrounding the use of this exhaust data. Using electronic medical records (EMR) for research poses a large number of challenges, the most prevalent being the amount of data there is. This surplus of data is too much for people to sort through and analyze, thus creating a need for algorithms.

Solutions
Although data exhaust is not a new concept, it plays a much larger role in today's day and age. The increase of technology has caused for and increase in data exhaust. The collection and distribution of this data is not illegal, but there are steps that must be taken to ensure that the use of this data is ethical. In order to keep the privacy of users safe, when the information is sold it can be kept anonymous. Also, users can be given the opportunity to opt-out of the selling of their information if they choose. Lastly, to avoid any negative connotations, websites can update their privacy policies so that they include all the data in which they will be collecting about the user.

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Evaluating Article: "2009-2011 News of the World phone hacking scandal investigations"

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 * lacking visuals on this page
 * not all of the people mentioned in the introduction to the "Civil legal cases" were discussed in other parts of this section
 * section on "Newspaper Investigations" has a lot of good information (large portion of article)
 * "Press Complaints Commission Investigations" is very brief and does not add anything significant to article (should be added to or removed)
 * article goes in depth into topic and covers a lot of content

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 * authors had a very neutral tone
 * the article did not seem biased
 * the only issue with tone is that the article heavily discussed the negatives of News of the World
 * did not discuss many counterarguments or present ideas in the viewpoint of the people who were being investigated

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 * a large variety of references were used
 * every fact in the article has corresponding citation


 * many of the sources used were from The Guardian which is a popular news site (not sure how reliable this source is)

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 * discusses a name change to make title more specific and include the dates as it does now
 * part of many wiki projects
 * Wikipedia discusses the issue in a very similar manor to the way we do in class

Evaluating Article: Data Exhaust

I can contribute to this article by adding citations and strengthening wording in the articles lead. Also, as mentioned in the talk page, I could add a section for "Solutions" where I include possible ways to deal with the issues that come from a data exhaust. Lastly, I can add to the "Medical Exhaust Data" section of the article, since it is very short.

Practice Citing:

Data exhaust is all the information that can be collected about an individual through everything they have ever done online.