Five years ago Ashleigh wouldn't have dreamed of sharing a selfie on Instagram.
But then she discovered Instagram's recovery community - other people like herself who posted about the highs and lows of living with an eating disorder.
The app collects GPS coordinates on users even when they're not using it. By sharing that data, both Facebook and Instagram could collect huge amounts of information on users to better target ads.
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Tracking your phone's gyroscope, scanning your messages and giving your data to third-party companies.
These are just three of the things you agree to when signing up to some tech companies' apps and sites.
BBC research has found some of the language used in privacy policies and terms requires a university education to be understood.
What is 'bait out'?
"Bait out" pages are online groups or pages that invite users to share nude images, videos or sexual gossip about others, according to Childnet .
Users are often only allowed access to the group or page once they have shared such content.
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users' data - trying to mend its damaged reputation - attention is focusing on the wider issue of data harvesting and the threat it poses to our personal privacy.
Data harvesting is a multibillion dollar industry and the sobering truth is that you many never know just how much data companies hold about you, or how to delete it.
Preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 12 steps to take now.
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