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Websites collect typed data even before clicking 'Submit' - Study

There is always something new to learn about the internet, and it seems like there's something new to learn about it virtually every single day. According to the findings of a study that was carried out by the researchers, several of the most popular 10 lakh websites acquire user information from online forms even before they click the button labeled "submit" on behalf of the consumers. According to the findings of the survey, several websites even gather the passwords of site users without first obtaining their consent.


Based on findings from an investigation covering millions of websites

The research was carried out by academics from Loven Redboud University and the University of Lausanne, and they used software programs that assessed different websites. The researchers looked at the top one million websites in two distinct regions: the European Union and the United States of America. It was discovered that around 1,844 websites operating inside the EU were secretly gathering data from their customers without first obtaining their consent. During the same time period, the total number of these websites that can be found in the United States reaches 2,950.


There have been a significant number of new website trackers developed.

The majority of the time, the trackers used by firms such as Meta and TikTok collected information on users from the most popular websites. On the other hand, the researchers discovered forty-one new categories of trackers, about which no information had been disclosed up until that point. It has come to light that with the assistance of these trackers, the data input by visitors is captured even before clicking on the 'Submit' button. This information has been brought to light.


In many instances, the data obtained were done so for the appropriate reasons.

The researchers discovered over the course of the study that a significant number of instances had not been counted in which websites were gathering the data of users for the appropriate purposes. Some websites need users to provide personal information before they may submit it, such as an email address, so that the website can verify that the user's email address or username does not already exist in their database. While this is going on, in the majority of instances, the goal is to collect more and more data in order to provide more relevant advertisements to consumers.


The websites in question were allowing the data to escape.

The websites USAToday, Business Insider, Fox News, Time, and Trello are included in the list of the top ten websites from which email addresses in the United States were leaked to trackers. At the same time, websites such as Independent, Shopify, Newsweek, and Marriott may be found on the list of those that operate in the EU. The researchers came across 52 websites of this kind, all of which gathered the passwords of their users before the data was uploaded. Among these third parties was also the Yendex organization from Russia, on whose behalf the patch has finally been made available.


It is necessary to disable trackers.

According to the findings of the researchers, such trackers must to be prohibited, and the mechanism that is now in place ought to be enhanced. Users are now able to have more control over their privacy as a result of Apple and other major firms' decision to disable cookies and trackers from third-party websites. Nonetheless, monitoring individuals on websites and the Internet with the use of email addresses is helpful to marketers, and banning trackers may raise the difficulties that marketers face.


Internet browsers such as DuckDuckGo, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge all disable trackers, which provides a stronger guarantee of privacy. If you use these, rather than your current browser, you will have increased levels of privacy. In addition to being accessible for desktop computers, these browsers may also be downloaded for use on mobile devices.

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