How to Protect Personal Data: If you are active on social media, then along with knowing its benefits, you will also be well aware of its side effects. You don’t even know and social media companies keep assessing your likes and dislikes. Once you login to social media, your data also starts getting scattered. You cannot even delete this data, however by taking precautions you can keep yourself safe.
Data is information that can identify a person. This includes many things like genetic, biometric, health, caste, economic status, interest, political interest and IP address.
How does data get leaked on social media?
There are many such links on social media, if you click on them once, there is a risk of your data getting leaked. Now you must be wondering what harm will happen to you by clicking on a link. In fact, when you get attracted by some attractive claim and give any of your personal information, then a huge database of users is created through such links. In this, both your number and name information are lost. After this this data is sold to the telemarketing company. With its help, when telemarketing companies call you, they know everything about you.
How can it be avoided?
Whenever you use social media, keep in mind the privacy settings of your phone, on which platforms are your posts going? Keep these things in mind as to who can see your photos. Also, it is very important for you to know whether your location access is not selected on an option like Always Allow. If this setting is on in the phone, then turn it off immediately.
Once you enter your data on social media, it is not completely deleted. In such a situation, it is important for you to never share your most personal things on social media. Apart from this, do not share home address, mobile number or anything related to bank data. Do not post anything that puts your privacy at risk. Apart from this, there is a thick layer of two factor authentication security on social media. Even if the password is hacked, 2FA can protect you from it.
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