In today’s world, where all kinds of personal information can be easily shared, both on social media and through applications downloaded to phones, the issue of data security raises question marks for many people. Siberasist General Manager Serap Günal, who states that 1 in 2 applications on Android devices shares personal data with third parties, points out 4 important steps to protect personal data.

Today, tech giants are among the organizations that collect the most data. But they claim that very little of the data collected is shared. In such an environment, data security raises serious questions for users. Recently, Incogni’s research into nearly 1,000 paid and free Android applications put this topic on the agenda. Siberasist General Manager Serap Günal, who reviewed the survey and stated that social media applications collect the most personal information with an average of about 20 data points collected, said: “While free applications collect 7 times more data than paid applications, popular applications that are more than 500,000 times downloaded is less It stores more than 6 times more data than popular applications.13.4 of the android applications are known to share the people’s location information with third parties.In such environment it is very good You may be concerned about the security of personal data Taking various measures for data protection and security prevents serious problems.

Shopping apps share the most data!

Some of the most commonly shared sensitive information includes email addresses, financial information, and documents. While there are several application categories with the most data sharing, online shopping based applications rank as the category sharing the most data with an average of 5.72 data. Shopping applications are followed by finance, maps, navigation, food and beverage applications. Such apps even share or sell data with third parties, such as marketing agencies and other companies. Also, 4.9 of the apps admit that they do not encrypt data in transit. Serap Günal underlines that data sharing leaves users vulnerable to data breaches, identity theft, stalking and cyber-harassment.

Precautions to be taken for not sharing data with third parties

It is not always easy to give up applications that are clearly known to share stored data with third parties. However, it is possible to reduce the risks that may arise from sharing personal data through applications. According to Siberasist General Manager Serap Günal, there are 4 important steps to protect personal information to stop the transfer of personal data and reduce the risk of falling victim to hackers.

1. Avoid downloading unnecessary apps. Avoiding downloading applications that you do not need is one of the personal measures to protect data. Downloading too many unnecessary applications and increasing data input to applications cause serious personal data storage.

2. Check the data security section of each app you download. In cases where downloading the application is unavoidable, checking the data security section of each downloaded application will help to protect personal information.

3. Enter false information where possible. Filling in the information requested from you through the applications you have downloaded with false information in some cases is another important point in terms of personal data protection.

4. After you are done using the service, ask the apps to delete your data. While 10 of the applications openly state that the data they collect will not be deleted, 39 still allow data deletion. After using the services in such applications, you can request the deletion of your data.