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Online Privacy NPR's Larry Abramson reports that while Internet companies are collecting data about what Web sites you visit and how you spend your money, so far, little is being done with that information. It turns out that it costs a lot of money to make use of that data to market a product. But that doesn't mean the information will never be used.

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Online Privacy

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Online Privacy

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NPR's Larry Abramson reports that while Internet companies are collecting data about what Web sites you visit and how you spend your money, so far, little is being done with that information. It turns out that it costs a lot of money to make use of that data to market a product. But that doesn't mean the information will never be used.