How to avoid the tracking of personal data from mobile applications on my cell phone?

Keeping our personal data safe is a task that worries us more every day, since it is very easy for mobile applications to track our cell phone.

And it is that from the moment we access our profiles on social networks, to the online purchase, it is how our information begins to circulate on the network.

However, it is a sensitive issue that already worries thousands of Internet users in Mexico, who trust more in companies that inform them what they will do with their data.

The Consumer Privacy Survey 2022prepared byCisco revealed that for 81% of those consulted, knowing how their information is used is key to predicting how they will be treated.

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On the other hand, regarding the management of cookies, 53% of the Mexicans surveyed stated that they do use the cookie management tool before accepting them.

Despite this, it is possible that at some point a mobile application will track you on the web and this will allow it to send you promotional content without having requested it.

In order for us to avoid this, it is possible to prevent such tracking, something that we share with you below.

So you can avoid the tracking of personal data from mobile applications

According to DuckDuckGo, there are a series of steps that you must follow to avoid the tracking of personal data from mobile applications and they are the following:

• Download the DuckDuckGo browser app.
• Enter the application, go to “Options”, a button that is in the upper corner of the screen.
• Click on “Settings”, located at the bottom of the menu.
• Once you are there you must scroll to the bottom of the screen and find the option «Protection against application tracking and that you can distinguish with the name of Beta.
• Wait for the tutorial to come out where it is explained what the function is about. After this you must click on “activate”.
• In the pop-up window you must accept the configuration.
• Once the previous step is done, the browser app will show you a screen that contains data from mobile applications that collected your data and what data they tracked.

For example, in WhatsApp and YouTube mobile applications you can also perform this action and find out if your personal data was tracked.

However, as soon as you want to apply data protection, the page will tell you that as soon as you do it, other apps may not work the same or well.

With these simple steps you will now have greater privacy, in addition to avoiding promotional or advertising content, and at the same time protecting your information.