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When it comes to all the personal data we give away to big companies it's always difficult being able to visualize in our mind what we read. What big companies know about us This is exactly one of the answers we would like to give to those who follow us!
On the other hand, to read and understand the vast majority of privacy policies you have to be a lawyer. There are sites like TOSDR that come to us, but are not complete and above all few know it (How to understand the privacy policies?)
How to do it then? We realize that when we say that “Google knows everything about you” we may sound like gods control freaks And of privacy, of those who turn with the tinfoil hat on his head. Instead we believe that one of the big problems of the internet and online privacy is precisely the difficulty in understanding what big companies really know about us.
This is why we created the section practical examples where we try to "throw reality in your face". We don't mean it in a violent way, let's be clear, but we like to be concrete. We therefore immediately loved the infographic that we will show you today, which we found on Reddit.
What do big companies know about us?
An exceptional graphic report that summarizes us in very little space and with very few lines what companies can know about us simply approving their privacy policy. This is exactly what happens when we casually reward the internet's biggest lie since "Yes, I'm over 18." We are obviously talking about: “I have read and accept the terms and conditions“.
It seems trivial and stupid to say it but to press such a button it really means that you have read and accept the terms and conditions. Therefore, accept kindly to give companies all your data, your preferences, your tastes and much more.
One thing that few people know, unfortunately, is that there is also something called opt-out for many of the advertising profiles. We don't particularly like Englishisms but an Italian word for opt-out maybe it doesn't exist, you can try translating it with "give up" or "deactivate". But they are not as clear as opt-out which really means "I don't want you to profile me anymore!“.
We will dedicate ourselves to this later, in the meantime you can take a look here on how to do it opt-out on many sites: https://mashable.com/2013/11/12/opt-out-data-tracking/ It's an old article (2013) but most of the links still seem valid.
What do large companies know about us? So here is the graph we were telling you about, make good use of it and share it with anyone! And if after this graph you feel like looking for alternatives, you are in the right place!
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