Cleaning up my tracks on Commercial Social Networks

(Resume the blog from the beginning 1-Motivation and approach )


To clear-up my personal data left on different sites there are several methods, depending on the site in question:

1-Manually, by deleting your data directly on these sites. This is especially useful for choosing what you want to delete.

2-With the help of sites like: www.saymine.com

Google

The most radical way is to delete your Google account, but if you don’t want to go that far, you can already examine and manage your history by following this link https://myactivity.google.com/ but before deleting everything, check if you don’t want to keep, at Google or in another format, some data such as the places you have visited during your vacations

Facebook

The most radical way is to delete your Facebook account, but if you don’t want to go that far here is what you can do.

1- Configure the visibility of your profile and your posts on Facebook in Facebook Privacy center

2- Configure Facebook to not track your activities outside of Facebook: “Off-Facebook Activity”


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