HOW TO PROTECT YOUR DATA PRIVACY

Your app or web interface will include privacy controls. If you don’t want your toaster to tell its maker that you like yours lightly done, tick the box restricting access to your data. Smartphones also increasingly allow users to control access to their data. Which? advises consumers who don’t want to cooperate with info collection to ‘dirty their data’ by giving a email account you only use as a receptacle for spam, for example. Another option if you don’t like being spied upon is to avoid buying smart devices.