Would You Sell Your Online Privacy for $5?

The web giant's Screenwise program offers consumers the opportunity to let Google track their Internet activity -- and get paid for it. Google offers participating "panelists" a $5 Amazon gift card for signing up and additional $5 gift cards every three months, up to $25 total.

But given that experts estimate an individual's personal data can be worth as much as $5,000, consumers who sign up may be selling themselves short. "I'd probably want a little bit more," says David Jacobs, a consumer-privacy fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit focused on privacy, civil liberties and technology issues.

Source: MSN Money