If you submit personal information to any business you're putting yourself at risk. Social media companies have a lot of data, yes, but most of it is pretty be

If you submit personal information to any business you're putting yourself at risk. Social media companies have a lot of data, yes, but most of it is pretty benign. The world should be far more concerned about the PII that gets transmitted around less tech-savvy smaller businesses and non-profits. Particularly for-profit education companies. Education companies have gobs of very sensitive info like social security numbers, previous addresses, family relationships with full contact info, medical history etc and many of them are clueless when it comes to privacy and data security. Not only are they at high risk for data breaches but their lists can also get acquired and traded when the business changes hands.