{"id":1498,"date":"2021-06-01T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:36:59","slug":"online-privacy-and-what-that-entails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/online-privacy-and-what-that-entails\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Privacy and What that Entails"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Companies everywhere are utilizing information given by online users every day. This comes in several ways, such as advertisements and cookies. By collecting this information, companies have opportunities to sell it or use it to their own advantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the majority of this collection is harmless, users often do not know what they are giving online. To heighten the online privacy, here are a couple ways without tracking you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20-1024x537.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20-624x327.png 624w, https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/My-Post-20.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual Private Networks, or VPN&#8217;s, allow users to anonymously surf the web. This handy software gives no location detection, so companies online can&#8217;t track information. Prices for VPN&#8217;s are cheap and available everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check your privacy settings on your computer, phone, or other devices. Some include &#8216;Incognito Mode&#8217; which doesn&#8217;t save any information to your history browsing, nor login credentials. It&#8217;s also important to not allow companies to use tracking while using their applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>For help updating, restoring or dealing with any online privacy issues, call us at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:1-800-620-5285\">1-800-620-5285<\/a>. \u00a0Karls Technology is a nationwide computer service company with offices in many major cities. This blog post was brought to you from our staff at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.karlstechnology.com\/computer-repair-denver-co\/\">Denver Computer Repair Service<\/a>. 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