How to Change Your Smart Privacy Settings

Today, I received a text message from Smart asking me to visit a link to be able to receive special offers. 


Upon checking the link out, it turned out to be a page where users can tweak their privacy settings. It wasn't presented clearly so a lot of users would probably ignore the text and unknowingly have their privacy compromised. 




Create a Personal Profile about you 

Consent to analyze data about you, such as the websites and apps that you may visit and use and your location information (historical and real-time location), to get a deeper understanding of your personal needs and interests. 

The following options were enabled by default (very sneaky).






If you are a Smart user, I recommend visiting the link to understand what your options are in relation to your privacy.

For digital natives like myself with a lot of transactions being done online such as banking and shopping, perhaps a VPN would be in order.

Comments

  1. AnonymousFriday, August 04, 2023 6:27:00 PM

    This is more or else what is in the PLDT T&C when applying for their boadband services. I almost didn't want to subscribe because of tbat.

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