what is this aurthor's point of view? So, do you know what you've signed up for when you see use social media? 'In reality, you are the product,' says technology lawyer Ty Shaw, 'or, more specifically, your tasters, habits and opinions. These websites are businessess which exist to make a profit. They'reonly free to use because when you agree to the terms and conditions you're basically letting them watch everything you do, both online and frequently even offline, and then sell that information. And i do mean everything'. Whilst some people are relaxed about letting corporations know exactly what they buy and say, others view the rvelations as horrifying for example, one site's user policy states: 'You hereby grant to us a permanent, no-exclusive, royalty=free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide licence to use the content that you poston or through our service.' And what that means, says privacy campaigner Gina Gayle, is that the company, 'can sell everything about you to anyone it wants - forever. and then those people who've bought it can themselves sell it on again. and we're not just talking about obvious data such as your friends' and family's phone numbers or your photos and vidoes, but also