Friday, October 19, 2018

Privacy access


Responding to privacy concerns and the EU’s restrictive privacy legislation, Apple launched a new portal on October 17, 2018, that allows users to see what kind of data Apple is collecting and storing. The portal has been available in Europe since May 2018. The portal provides users with a report on tracked data such as App store purchases, support history, calendars, photos, documents, and browser bookmarks.
To access the portal follow these steps.

Sign in with your Apple ID. You may be asked to authenticate the sign in.
You will then be presented with this page

Under the heading, Get a copy of your data, Click on Get Started
You can then select which data you wish to download or you can select all. Keeping in mind that the more or less you select will affect file size and download time.

Google also has an option to download your data. Access by signing in to your Google account.
After signing in, in the top right, click on the checkerboard symbol and receive this drop down


Click on Account. Under the section Personal info & privacy, click Manage your Google activity

Scroll down to Control Your Content and click on CREATE ARCHIVE under Download your Data. 


The next page, select the data you wish to download.



Refer to the blog archive for more articles on privacy and security.

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