Cybersecurity Awareness Week: How to remove your personal data from the internet, and why Apple's tools alone aren't enough
Cybersecurity Awareness Week: How to remove your personal data from the internet, and why Apple's tools alone aren't enough
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Cybersecurity Awareness Week: Learn how to remove your personal data from the internet and why Apple's tools alone aren't enough.
This article explains how data brokers collect personal information from websites and apps. It also shows how Apple has some tools to prevent tracking, but they don't remove the data that has already been collected. A company called Incogni helps remove this data for you.
Analysis
Data Brokers and Personal Data Collection
Data brokers collect personal data from multiple sources to build detailed profiles of individuals. They sell this information to marketers and anyone else who wants it, including scammers and hackers. The industry is largely unregulated, which means there are few guardrails and protections on who can buy this information or what they can do with it. The security risk compounds over time.
Apple's Tools and Incogni
Apple has built useful tools to limit future tracking, such as App Tracking Transparency, Hide My Email, and iCloud Private Relay. However, these tools do not solve the problem of removing data that has already been collected. Incogni automates the process of removing personal data from data broker databases, making it easier for individuals to protect their personal information.
Key points
- Data brokers collect personal information from websites and apps
- Apple has tools to prevent tracking, but they don't remove existing data
- Incogni automates the process of removing personal data from data broker databases
With the help of tools like Incogni, individuals can more easily remove their personal data from data broker databases, improving their safety.
Removing personal data from data broker databases is still a difficult and time-consuming process, even with the help of tools like Incogni.
