Windows Help and Advice - USA (2019-06)

9 Search more privately
Although it is famous for its search engine, Google is mainly
an advertising company, and the personal details of its customers
are useful to it. DuckDuckGo is a search engine that doesn’t track
you and doesn’t store any of your personal details or search
history. It makes money through affiliate marketing, whereby
small ads are attached to your searches.

10 Use a VPN

A Virtual PrivateNetwork(VPN)masksyourlocationfrom

the sites you visit bymakingit appearyou’rebrowsingfrom

elsewhere. This meansyoucanaccesssitesthatareblockedin

your locality, and browseanysiteanonymously.Therearepaid-for

VPNs out there, buttheOperabrowser(www.opera.com/) comes

with a free, unlimitedVPNfacilityanda built-inadblocker,too.Q

Jargonbuster!

Tracking

Advertisersacquire

dataformarketing

byanalysingyour

onlineactivity.

Ads

Anythingfrom

simpleimagesto

flashingtextor

autoplayingvideos.

Updates

Whetherfora

browserorfor

Windows,having

automaticupdates

switchedonwill

protectyouonline.

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows 7

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Skilllevel...

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SMARTSCREEN

Works across apps,

Microsfoft Edge and

downloaded files.

PRIVACY SETTINGS

Control tailored

adverts, let Windows

track app launches,

and more.

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