Answer: $82

Hat tip to David Briggs of Westfield Area High School (WI) for coming up with this question. Thank you David!

Questions:

• How much would you pay in subscriber fees for an ad-free Facebook?
• If you use FB, do you know what your current privacy settings are?
• Do you worry about your data privacy knowing that third parties may have had access to detailed information about your FB activity? Explain why or why not. 

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Behind the numbers (from Washington Post):

You can actually put a dollar figure on how much we’re worth to the social network. Facebook collected $82 in advertising for each member in North America last year. Across the world, it’s about $20 per member. Facebook the company is valued at about $450 billion because investors believe it will find even more ways to make money from collecting data on its 2 billion members.

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.