We all leave digital footprints when we are online. And many people are aware data are collected by global corporations, but not exactly how and why. It’s understandable if you’ve given up resistance. Activate privacy is here to information about where and when you share your data, and a inform about alternative services with better data ethics.

Your digital profile is valuable
The more information that advertisers know about you, the more tempting their advertising will be. Your digital profile and personal information is valuable!
Activateprivacy.com is your way to find simple tips for better online privacy.

Comparison of private search engines
If you want to search in private there is a number of private metasearch and search engines available. But what are the advantages and disadvantages of each one? See the comparison chart and make you choice.

How to keep your searches private
Keep your search and browsing information out of the hands of advertisers – use a private search engine

How do private search engines make money?
If you want to use a private search engine, one of the question that often is askes is “How do they make money?”. There various ways a search engine can keep you privacy and make money. See the comparison chart and learn more about private search engines.

Features of private search engines
You might think you’ll lose some features when you start using a private search engine, but there are actually a number of search engines with many great features that let you search in private. See the comparison chart and learn more about private search engines.

Children are the future of cybersecurity
As teachers and parents, we need to both help children learn skills that keep them safe online, and show them a variety of interesting careers.

Don’t let search engines mine your personal data
The popular search engines track and then mine your personal data to build a detailed profile about you. Learn how to protect yourself, and stop making this information available to advertising companies and governmental agencies.

Keep your devices clean and safe
Having a clean device is one of the first steps in cyber-safety – anti-virus, firewalls, anti-tracking browser extensions – they all help you stay safe online.

Pursue a career in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity and data security are fast-growing fields where there are an increasing range of rewarding and challenging careers.

Think before you post
Humans can be impulsive. We post without thinking, and occasionally regret it. It’s our responsibility to help everyone think first, especially our children, before posting.

Keep your data safe on social media
Everyone is using social media these days, from young children through to business owners, and everyone in between. But how can you keep your data safe?

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and this year, the focus is on our shared responsibility to make the internet safer for everyone.

How to block cookies
You can easily block cookies to protect your privacy, but some cookies are required to let websites work properly. Here is an easy way to block the bad cookies.

What does the GDPR mean for you as an individual?
The GDPR has been a massive disruption for organisations and website owners. But what does it mean for you, as an individual living in the EU?

What are cookies?
Cookies are delicious snacks, especially with coffee or tea. Except when they are on the internet! So, what exactly are digital cookies?

How to change the default search engine in Brave and earn BAT
You can easily start earning BAT and better protect your privacy if you change the default search engine in the Brave browser

How to protect your privacy on Facebook
Take control of your personal information online and learn how to keep it private on Facebook. We step you through each of the ways you can tighten up your Facebook privacy.

Stop apps and websites from harvesting your Facebook profile information
When you install apps, ‘like’ a web page, or use Facebook to log into websites, you let them harvest your Facebook profile information. Take control of your online privacy and change these Facebook settings today.

Protect yourself and your friends on Facebook
It’s not just your privacy settings that impact what information you may share on Facebook – your friends’ privacy settings impacts what data apps and websites can see in your profile.

Protect your information from advertisers in Facebook
Advertisers can use any action you take within Facebook or when using a Facebook app to target you with ads. See what Facebook knows about you right now, and stop advertisers from accessing this information.

Review your Facebook Activity Log
Every action that you have ever taken inside Facebook or using one of its apps or social media buttons on websites has been logged. Take some time to review your Facebook history and delete anything you don’t want others to have access to.

How to chat and send messages in private
To protect your privacy, and stop chats from being overheard by third parties, use a messaging app that uses end-to-end encryption. With comparison chart of messaging apps.

How to talk to children about online safety
Safer Internet Day 2018 is on 6 February and aims to raise awareness of online issues ranging from cyberbullying through to identity theft.

Safer Internet Day – 6 February 2018
Safer Internet Day 2018 is on 6 February and aims to raise awareness of online issues ranging from cyberbullying through to identity theft.

Protect your kids online
Help your child use the internet safely, and limit how much information big-data analysts can purchase from advertising companies to stop them building an accurate and detailed profile about your child.

Tips for staying safe and private online from the NSCA
People become more concerned about how their online information is collected and used. The NCSA recommends these tips to consumers and businesses to safeguard their privacy

Why we should care about online privacy
Data Privacy Day is on 28 January each year, and Findx is proud to champion the event and raise awareness of #privacyaware initiatives.

Get out of your filter bubble!
To avoid the filter bubble entirely, you need to use a truly independent search engine, and one that doesn’t record any data about you.

How to change the default search engine in Chrome
You can easily change the default search engine and to more to protect your privacy in Chrome by installing an extension.

Why you should care about your privacy
You are being tracked. Every time you browse or search the web, thousands of companies learn more information about you, simply by putting tiny pieces of tracking code on your device.

Learn how to recognize fake news
There is a lot of fake news available on the internet, especially circulating on social media services. But how can you tell if something you are reading is fake or not?

How to browse privately in Firefox
To protect yourself from tracking and regain some control over your privacy, you can turn on private browsing and enable the Do Not Track feature in Firefox with a few configuration steps.

Share your secrets with your friends, not search engines and advertisers
There is a growing concern about online privacy and how to keep your secrets when you are online. But instead of self-censoring you can act. You can now choose services that respects your privacy and don’t collect and monetize your personal secrets.