Have a question about data privacy? Ask The Post. Its easy to share photos straight from your Android camera, and you have full control over your photos and privacy settings. Its also your personal organizer for storing, saving and sharing photos. Web browsers: Google’s Chrome loaded more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser - in a single week. Watch live videos on the go The Facebook app does more than help you stay connected with your friends and interests. TVs: Once every few minutes, smart TVs beam out a snapshot of what’s on your screen. IPhones and Android phones: Hidden trackers in apps share personal information - even while you and your phone are asleep.
Here’s how to turn it off.Īlexa: By default, Amazon keeps a copy of everything Echo smart speakers record.īrowser extensions: Add-ons and plug-ins can see and share everything you do on the Web.Ĭars: Automakers use hundreds of sensors and an always-on Internet connection to record where you go and how you drive.Ĭredit cards: A half-dozen kinds of companies can grab data about purchases, from your bank to the store where you’re shopping.ĭon’t sell my data: The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can help even residents of other states see and delete their data - and tell companies to stop selling it. Fowler examines the personal information streaming out of devices and services we take for granted.Īmazon Sidewalk: Amazon Sidewalk shares your Internet with smart homes - and surveillance devices. The secret life of your data: What you need to know For all the good we get from technology, it can also take a lot from us.
