Tip 1: Turn off the Advertising ID to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
Windows records your activity when you search the web or install applications on your PC. This record is usually a profile that contains all of the topics you are interested in. These interests are gathered from your day-to-day activity on the Windows platform. This profile is used by various companies to target ads that are personalized for you. So, you will see ads more relevant to you, but all of your activities are exposed to the outside world.
The record we mentioned above is generally called an Advertising ID. Windows uses this ID to keep track of your interests. If you turn this off, then Windows will not be able to gather your personal information. To do this, go to Settings > Privacy > General. The first option you see on this page is the one that enables or disables the use of Advertising ID. Toggle the switch from On to Off.
How to Protect Your Privacy on Windows?
We use Windows in our way. We search for various things on the web, install several apps on our computers, watch our favourite videos, and do many more things. Usually, we want to keep all of our activities private. In other words, we want them to be restricted to ourselves. But often, some settings on our PC cause our privacy to be exposed to third-party applications, which is not at all a good thing.
In today’s article, we are going to look at 9 Tips on how to protect your privacy on Windows and keep your online activities safe and secure. Let’s get started.
Table of Content
- Tip 1: Turn off the Advertising ID to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 2: Turn off Location Tracking to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 3: Turn off Activity History to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 4: Turn off Diagnostic Data to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 5: Curb Cortana to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 6: Change App Permissions to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 7: Turn off Inking & Typing Personalization to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 8: Turn off App Diagnostics to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
- Tip 9: Changing Browser’s Search Engine Settings to Protect Your Privacy on Windows
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