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Summary
Is offering “free” goods, such as useful search results or access to content, in exchange for personal data a good deal for the consumer? We have norms for the monetary value of labor, but when it comes to the value of private, digital data, the value is less clear. In this study, researchers wanted to assess consumer expectations for compensation in exchange for personal data. Would they equate monetary compensation at the same value as bartered “goods”?
