Windows 10 Privacy settings - know about the privacy settings option in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with many privacy settings options and most importantly the default privacy setting of the Windows 10 enables the OS to track the various behavior of the user and send the data onto Microsoft server. So, its very important for the Windows 10 user to know about the privacy setting options and correctly configure the privacy option to keep their private information safe.
Windows 10 OS is latest operating system from Microsoft for Desktop and mobile phones. Windows 10 OS added many new features which simplifies the security configuration of the operating system. User of the Windows 10 OS will be able to easily configure the security and privacy settings of the system.
Windows 10 OS is more secure operating system but it is by default configured to share more data as compared to the previous version of the OS.
Microsoft is sharing all these data with transparency and provides the privacy option to enable or disable these features. In this section I will teach you how to op-out data sharing options so that your personal data is not shared.
Lets' see all the these options:
Interest-based advertising:
The advertising ID tracking will used by the Microsoft for Interest-based advertising and the data collected will be used for targeting marketing. Although Microsoft is not capturing any personal information for this purpose.
You can opt-out the Interest-based advertising by going to the Settings --> Privacy --> and then switch off the "advertising ID" tracking.
Here is the video explanation:
Location Tracking
The location tracking allows the system to enable the applications to get the information about the user location. This is more important in the mobile devices and allows the user accepted application to get the location data of the device.
You can also enable and disable this feature from the Settings --> Privacy screen. You can also enable this feature for a particular application.
