 Privacy Checkup - Review/Adjust important Privacy Settings Take out - Create/Download archive of personal information Notes: Review of personal information will take some time! They maintain a LOT of personal data! Privacy Basics - "Learn how to customize your privacy settings so you can confidently share your moments." Data Policy - Quite a site (and sight!) - Comprehensive discussion of FB personal data collection & use Permanently Delete Facebook Account - Unlikely that all personal information will be removed Notes: Review took a long time and seemed inconclusive. Lots of data, confusing/conflicting procedures. Creepy! ** If you don't have a FB account, check "This doesn't answer my question" for further instructions Yahoo (Oath)Yahoo's Privacy Center - Details how Yahoo treats your personal information & ways to control Data Storage and Anonymization - Describes data that is collected, no controls offered Oath Privacy Controls Page - Probably now the best place to start Safety Center contains Privacy & Identity section, but strictly informational Ad Interest Manager allows you to opt-out of personalized advertisements Account Settings - Access to very limited Yahoo Account information Notes: In June 2017 Verizon rolled Yahoo under Oath.com umbrella (others include AOL, Techcrunch, Tumblr ...) I took a quick run thru links above after Oath, but still pretty hard (impossible) to determine extent of personal information retained. No huge improvement in controls MicrosoftAccount Settings - Access to limited personal information Privacy Dashboard (new in Jan 2017!) - Informational w/ controls to manage & Dowload Microsoft Trust Center - Security, Privacy and compliance info for MS Cloud Services Opt-Out of Interest-Based Advertising - Control "personalized Ads" in browsers & windows Privacy Statement - Appears to be comprehensive, covering all Microsoft products/services Notes: There is now download option for activity history, but no obvious access to ALL data maintained by MS If you are a Windows 10 user remember to work your way through Settings/Privacy for more MS review Twitter*Privacy Policy - Reasonably straight forward* BUT you have to opt-out, NO Privacy by default Account Settings - Quite comprehensive, provides Archive Download Notes: Pretty easy to review personal information and update privacy settings. Privacy Policy - Set some time aside to review this one! Data Privacy and Advertising Settings are worth the visit - interesting Privacy Settings - Spend some time in here. LinkedIn digs deep, collects A LOT! Personal Data Export Page - Download copy of LinkedIn Data (presented in unwieldy csv files) Notes: Pretty intrusive. Lots of options, surprised by some of the collected information ------------- * June 2017 Twitter Update - New Privacy Policy and Personalization and Data Settings |
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