We’re so used to relinquishing personal data that for most of us, it’s routine. You share everything from payslips to passport details with rental agents, mortgage brokers and mobile-phone companies. You’re on apps that track your location, and see ads that look suspiciously like your search history. You skip those inscrutable, tiny-print ‘Terms and Conditions’ without reading – because who has the time? – and accept cookies with abandon (they sound delicious, after all, and not like an insidious form of data collection). Sure, we do it to access stuff we like and want, but is handing over our entire identity along the way necessary?
No, according to Kathryn
