Many websites (mostly online shopping sites), monitor a person's Internet browsing behavior, such as the websites we often visit, our buying preferences, and so on. Do you think that this is ethical? If not, can you suggest ways to stop this activity? If yes, explain the context in which it is important to us.

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Computers and Technology

Reese

10 April, 12:59

Many websites (mostly online shopping sites), monitor a person's Internet browsing behavior, such as the websites we often visit, our buying preferences, and so on. Do you think that this is ethical? If not, can you suggest ways to stop this activity? If yes, explain the context in which it is important to us.

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Lorelei Stein · Answer 1

Yes, this pratice is ethical

Explanation:

You are freely choosing to go on to these websites and most websites inform you that they are doing this. Edward Snowden, told the world that goverments are spying on them. Most people did not have a problem with this. Since, most people have a way to inform themsevles about the practices on the websites (by reading the terms of serve) and people don't care about spying than this is in no way unethical practice.