“general information about a person such as their age and gender were found to be worth $0.0005 per person.” Information that a woman was pregnant was pegged at about 11 cents per person.
The Berkeley figures were based on estimates compiled by the Financial Times, which concluded that the total value of 61 basic information nuggets often sought by data buyers was about $4.83 on average.
Based on my element worth (approx. $160, circa 2013), I'm going to be rich. One day.
Now selling my body by component is a different matter, but again, only really doable in death!
This why you aren't the customers of Google and Facebook. With such low value per person they can't afford to provide support unless you are their real customers, the advertiser.
