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Your data is saved when using social media. UNG is researching how much
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From left, students Darius Fiallo, Justin Frady and Deniz Keskin are conducting social media privacy research with Ahmad Ghafarian (standing), professor of computer science.
Social media isn’t just a way to share information with friends. Each time someone logs in and posts on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, that information is being stored. Everyone knows these big companies in California are taking some of that data and using it for advertisements and other things, but those very computers that are being used are also storing information.