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Nice start there, but your reference isn't a real reference - it's a search page that's only accessible to people who are logged into your university's library proxy server. You can use a DOI to craft a properly-formatted reference.

You should avoid adding text that doesn't say much. For example

Google mines data in many ways including using an algorithm in Gmail ...

Saying that it mines data "in many ways" doesn't tell the reader anything other than it doesn't mine data in one way, or a few ways. Start with the most interesting point and then, when you're done with that, you can mention things like "other data mining tools they use include..." It's important to supply people with the most useful information up front. The more words they read that don't tell them anything specific, the more likely you are to lose them.

Data mining isn't a proper noun, so you shouldn't capitalize it as "Data Mining".

The details about accessing a deceased person's account is off topic for data mining. It feels out of place in that paragraph. Same with the bit about memorialized pages on Facebook.

User:Shalor (Wiki Ed) is the Wikipedia expert assigned to your course. Please get in touch with her for additional assistance. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:51, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Ian! Epalmer2021, definitely let me know if you have any questions! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:58, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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