Data privacy is very important nowadays and with WhatsApp's recent policy update, it's now a big question as to just how much companies know about you. However, there is a way to beat this by simply using an effective tool to copy the data that these websites and apps take from you before permanently deleting it.
It's a commonly shared understanding that certain big tech companies know quite a lot regarding its users. The trick is finding out just how much these big tech companies know about you and exactly what they are seeing. A particular tool was found to be able to help users extract their own data online which can be done before requesting that it be deleted.
Data Privacy and its importance
When it comes to securing your data, there used to be no way of telling how much online websites know about their users. However, there is actually a method to see what these companies can see when it comes to your personal data. This method allows users to gain access to what the company has and keep the information.
According to an article by Vice, JustGetMyData is a particular website that aims to help users navigate certain websites like Facebook and Twitter in order for them to be able to download their own copy of the taken data and see exactly what those websites know about them. JustGetMyData is said to be a fork just like the other JustDeleteMe which help users navigate the oftentimes complicated process of having to scrub themselves over from certain sites like Instagram.
Amazon now makes it a bit easier for users to return a certain defective product through quite a series of menus. However, if users would like to have their data deleted, they would still have to contact somebody. Retrieving a certain copy of users' personal data can be quite similarly a complicated process. However, JustGetMyData actually makes this process a little earlier. For those planning to delete their data completely from certain sites, it might be better for them to get a copy of their data first.
The sites are all in alphabetical order and are also color coded in order to signal just how difficult it would be to retrieval process of the user's personal data. This includes a new hyperlink to the very place that users need to go in order to forward towards any given site and even detailed instructions regarding how to request a certain copy of the user data for them to get back.
Facebook, Tinder, Telegram, and Google are all rated with a "green" color this means that it is relatively easy for users to get a copy of their own data back. Microsoft, on the other hand, comes off a little harder. Of all of the 37 sites that are listed on the JustGetMyData official website, it is reportedly only Wikipedia that contains no method of retrieving the user's own personal data.
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Microsoft data collection
According to what JustGetMyData said on the official site, not all users' personal data that is processed by Microsoft can possibly be accessed or even controlled using their tools. It was stated that for those wanting to access or even control their personal data that is processed by Microsoft, the tools on the site are still not available or directly throughout Microsoft products that users use.
Users also have the option of contacting Microsoft in order to address this particular inquiry in the "contact us" part of the website or using the web form. According to an article by TechGamingReport, JustGetMyData allows users to get their own duplicate copy of what particular private details the websites get.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
