An average German user would give permission to sell their data to Facebook for just over $ 8 a month, while an American user would settle for three and a half dollars. To highlight the value of privacy for some users in the world is a study by the think tank Technology Policy Institute, conducted in the USA, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.
The research also analyzed which information is considered the most important for users, in short, that should be paid more. In first place are financial data, such as the balance of one's bank account, which for a German are worth over $ 15 a month and for a US one just under five; followed by biometric information such as the fingerprint. While the data on their position are those for which users would ask for less: about 2.5 dollars for the Germans, the most 'exorbitant' in almost all categories, while the Argentines less than half a dollar.
"We found - the authors write - that women value privacy more than men for all types of data and platforms and in all countries. Furthermore, older people in general value their personal information more than young people ".