I am not actually convinced that most interactions require the collection of data. Certainly, publishing news shouldn't require data collection at all, in my view. OLDaily doesn't collect any data from readers other than the email addresses of subscribers or IP addresses of web users (so I know where to send it to). I have a link redirect script that I use (I wrote it myself) but it doesn't log clicks (it used to, but it was way too much trouble than it was worth). I does allow me to fix links after I've sent them out, which I've done a few times over the years. Same with my MOOCs; my last MOOC had zero signups required. My own feeling is that any data about the user should be held by the user, and used only on an as-needed basis. But most of the world does not agree with me on this, and so for the people who do collect data, here are Ben Werdmuller's guidelines.
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