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# This guy analysed what data Buzzfeed is collecting about you - and you won't believe what he found…
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2014/06/buzzfeed-data-capture-quizzes/
- Published: 2014-06-24T15:22:10.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:17:55.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: analytics, Buzzfeed, data, personal data, security, tracking

Dan Barker’s been poking at the tracking javascript on Buzzfeed, and found some very [interesting data being captured from quizzes](http://barker.co.uk/buzzfeediswatching?ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> In other words, if I had access to the BuzzFeed Google Analytics data, I could query data for people who got to the end of the quiz & indicated – by not checking that particular answer – that they have had an eating disorder. Or that they have tried to change their gender.

Online quizzes: just a bit of harmless fun, right? *Right?*