{"id":22835,"date":"2021-06-01T10:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T09:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22835"},"modified":"2021-06-10T15:47:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:47:51","slug":"are-we-losing-control-of-our-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/are-we-losing-control-of-our-data\/22835\/","title":{"rendered":"Are we losing control of our data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data and privacy \u2013 they\u2019re intertwined so much that we can\u2019t really talk about one without the other. But as we live more and more of our lives online, so it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to keep control of it all. Indeed, it\u2019s no surprise that according to new research from Kaspersky, whilst 95% of Europeans feel data privacy is important, only 52% of them feel in control of their personal data. If you\u2019d like to learn more about this research, check out the interactive heat-map below.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/kaspersky.berkeleypr.com\/assets\/jquery.resparentiframe.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"toolFrame\" style=\"border: none !important; min-height: 1874px;\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/kaspersky.berkeleypr.com\/heatmap\/\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, you\u2019ve had enough and want to take back control of your data \u2013 but what steps can you take to start your data control journey?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step one<br>\n<\/strong><br>\nSign up to <a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HaveIBeenPwned<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s a free service that lets you know about if email is found in data-breaches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step two<br>\n<\/strong><br>\nSpeaking of data breaches, if you have accounts on sites you no longer use (I\u2019m looking at you, MySpace) then consider deleting the account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step three<br>\n<\/strong><br>\nInvest in a password manager \u2013 they allow you to better manage your accounts and a lot of services, including our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/password-manager?icid=gb_kdailyplacehold_acq_ona_smm__onl_b2c_kasperskydaily_wpplaceholder_______\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own<\/a> offer free versions (with some functionality limited.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step four<br>\n<\/strong><br>\nDon\u2019t forget about the <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/for-organisations\/guide-to-data-protection\/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr\/individual-rights\/right-to-erasure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">right to erasure<\/a>, better known as \u2018the right to be forgotten.\u2019 You can use it to request your data be removed from business servers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research shows that whilst European\u2019s are keen to take control of their personal data, many of them feel lost in how to go about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":22838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1622],"tags":[191,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-22835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-privacy","9":"tag-data","10":"tag-privacy"},"hreflang":[{"hreflang":"en-gb","url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/are-we-losing-control-of-our-data\/22835\/"}],"acf":[],"banners":"","maintag":{"url":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/privacy\/","name":"privacy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22835"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22930,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22835\/revisions\/22930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}