Welcome to the Tech Policy Podcast. I'm Evan Sportschabber, your host. On today's show,

the 2016 election, presidential campaigns, and big data. What type of our personal information

are campaigns and presidential websites collecting when we visit them and when we donate to

candidates what type of data they're collecting and why do they want it.

Joining me to discuss this is Ashley Holmes, a Tech Freedom intern and graduate student at

George Washington University studying global communication.

She's also a U.S. Army veteran who is pursuing a master's with a focus

in information and communication technology and international affairs and development. And she was

previously on the show to talk about drones and humanitarianism. Ashley, welcome back to the show.

Thank you for having me, Evan. So, Ashley, most Americans at this point are probably aware

that sites like Google and

Facebook collect information on them to tailor advertisements and to theoretically improve their

products and that also the NSA and intelligence agencies and law enforcement groups, they're

also collecting data for law enforcement purposes.

But I guess maybe they're not thinking as much about the data

that presidential campaigns are collecting on them.

So what type of information are these campaigns collecting on people who visit their websites

and why do they want this?

Well, Evan, the campaigns are collecting a varying degree of information from both like

their websites and

their campaigns. If you visit the website, which you're basically going to be asked for,

is your email address, phone number, perhaps your address, and from that, you'll probably

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