Learn how to view your personal profile information

The Dhaka Times Desk All information has to be provided while joining social media. Learn how to view your personal information profile today.

It may come as no surprise to hear that social media and tech companies can collect user data and use it for their own purposes. Because we are giving them our personal data voluntarily. But many people don't know that almost all companies collect user data, whether you provide your personal information there or not.

Most companies want to know your location, age, which device you are using. They understand where you are going, what location you are in, age, and they create profiles based on your behavior.

Big companies have already taken steps to minimize the exposure of your data to third-party advertisers. But it didn't always work. A few months ago, Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT), a policy through which users can decide which apps can access their data. But the interesting thing is that after applying this policy, Apple itself has collected the user's huge data. Apple started keeping logs about things like:

# keeps a record of Apple ID details of users
# stores contacts, photos, emails in iCloud
# keeps track of app usage information
# keeps item purchase and browsing history records from App Store, iTunes and Aradhashav Iradshang
# stores Apple retail store and cloud transaction records
# keeps records of marketing communications, preferences and other activities

আপনি চাইলেই দেখতে পারেন অ্যাপল এ পর্যন্ত আপনার কী কী তথ্য স্টোর করেছে ও এর একটি কপিও ডাউনলোড করতে পারেন। এটা করতে প্রথমে Apple Account -এ যান স্ক্রুল করে Data & Privacy তে আসুন, Manage Your Data and Privacy, ট্যাপ করুন ও get a copy of your data সিলেক্ট করুন।

Tracking by Google

Many of us know that Google is popular for search but also famous for collecting user data. As long as you have an account with Google, it knows more about you than your closest friends. If you have Google's smart assistant at home, it will know the news of your home such as where you are staying, going, what you are buying, whose birthday is when, when any event may happen.

The only way to stop Google tracking is to stop using any of its services. But it's almost impossible, you might have to use Gmail for e-mail, Google Maps for navigation. To find out how much Google knows about you, first sign in to your Google Account, sign in to the My Activity page. From here you can know what Google has saved about you, if you want you can delete search history, location tracking, YouTube history, personalized advertising etc. If you have location tracking enabled, Google will also know where you've taken photos from.

Data repository Facebook

Generally, social media users have the most details. And that's why hackers hack Facebook and Twitter and get information like credit cards. Also, we provide all information on social media at our own discretion.

আমরা যখন ফেসবুকে একাউন্ট করি তখনই আমাদের নাম, বয়স, কোথায় বসবাস করি, আমাদের বন্ধু কারা, রাজনৈতিক দল, আগ্রহের বিষয় সবই দিয়ে দেই। আপনি যদি জানতে চান কী কী তথ্য আপনার সেভ রয়েছে তাহলে এখানে থেকে আপনার কপি ডাউনলোডও করে নিতে পারেন। এটা করার জন্য আপনাকে প্রথমে ডেক্সটপ থেকে আপনাকে ফেসবুকে লগইন করতে হবে। আপনি ডানপাশের একাউন্ট বাটমে ক্লিক করুন, Settings & Privacy, এ চলে যান, এবার Download your information খুঁজে বের করার পর সেখানে ক্লিক করুন।

Microsoft knows more than you think

If you use Microsoft products, you must open an account there. Data collection starts from here. Companies around the world use Office 365 so Microsoft knows who and where you work. If you have an Xbox Live or GamePass account, they'll know where you live and what games you like and how often you buy them. You can also find out in Microsoft's case what information they know about you. You can view your browsing and location data from Microsoft's dashboard. You can also view privacy settings for Xbox, Windows, Microsoft Teams and Skype from here.

Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook also have your profile. They use your information for advertising and other purposes. Now you might know what information they have on you.

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