From the course: How Marketers Collect and Use Your Data

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Limit exposure and protect your data

Limit exposure and protect your data

From the course: How Marketers Collect and Use Your Data

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Limit exposure and protect your data

- The truth is that there is no such thing as complete anonymity or privacy. You can, however, hinder the ability of companies to track you. But keep in mind, this not a set-it-and-forget-it proposition. So let me show you how to limit online tracking and advertiser access to your personal data. The first step is to consider your browser and how you use it. All of the major browsers, like Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer, or Edge, are secure and have settings to disallow third-party cookies. And there are a host of plugins available to make each one more secure. But all of these browsers are owned and offered by the big tech companies, Google, Apple, and Microsoft. Privacy advocates advise using open source browsers. That means they're created and maintained by a community of programmers rather than by a single company. Browsers like Firefox, Opera, Epic, and Brave are open source and offer incognito or private browsing modes. Whichever browser you choose, turn off the the…

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