Privacy & Product Literacy

Permissions, data choices, advertising, security and transparent product use.
Privacy & Product LiteracyAccount security basics for app and web usersA non-technical guide to unique passwords, multi-factor protection, trusted devices and recognizing suspicious sign-in requests.
Privacy & Product LiteracyAdvertising identifiers: what they are and why consent mattersA user-focused explanation of advertising identifiers, app information, consent signals and the difference between ads and identity documents.
Privacy & Product LiteracyBrowser privacy versus Android app privacyHow permissions, local storage, identifiers and update mechanisms differ between a website and an installed Android application.
Privacy & Product LiteracyCamera permission: what users should understand before allowing accessA plain-language guide to camera permission, capture timing, denial, revocation and limiting images to what a feature actually needs.
Privacy & Product LiteracyConsent choices: making privacy decisions understandableHow a product can present consent, optional choices, withdrawal and privacy settings without using confusing or coercive design.
Privacy & Product LiteracyCookies and local storage: what a website can keep in the browserUnderstand session cookies, preferences, local storage and why clearing browser data can change sign-in or saved settings.
Privacy & Product LiteracyData minimization: share and collect only what is neededA practical explanation of collecting less data, reducing support exposure and designing features around the smallest useful information set.
Privacy & Product LiteracyData retention: why information should not be kept forever by defaultA user-friendly explanation of retention periods, operational need, backups and the difference between active data and temporary processing.
Privacy & Product LiteracyHow data deletion requests work in practiceA guide to identifying an account, verifying the requester, understanding scope and distinguishing active deletion from backup rotation.
Privacy & Product LiteracyHow to read a privacy policy without getting lostA practical way to scan a privacy notice for collected data, purposes, sharing, retention, user controls and contact information.
Privacy & Product LiteracyHow to redact screenshots before sharing themA practical guide to removing emails, phone numbers, codes, notifications and background content while preserving useful bug evidence.
Privacy & Product LiteracyImage upload privacy: a checklist before sending a photoHow to review faces, documents, reflections, metadata and background information before uploading an image to an online feature.
Privacy & Product LiteracyIP addresses and network data in web servicesWhy servers see network information, what an IP address can and cannot establish, and why logs should be limited to operational purposes.
Privacy & Product LiteracyLocation permission: precise, approximate and manual alternativesUnderstand device location permission, approximate versus precise access, manual place selection and the privacy trade-off between convenience and precision.
Privacy & Product LiteracyNotification permission and user controlHow notification permission, channels, marketing choices and system settings should respect a user's attention and preferences.
Privacy & Product LiteracyPasswords and one-time codes: information you should never sendWhy passwords, OTPs, recovery codes and session tokens are different from ordinary support information and should remain secret.
Privacy & Product LiteracyPhoto and file access: sharing only what a feature needsA guide to image pickers, media permission, document selection and reducing accidental access to unrelated personal files.
Privacy & Product LiteracyPrivacy when contacting customer supportHow to report a problem with enough context while keeping passwords, payment details, private images and authentication codes out of support messages.
Privacy & Product LiteracyRevoking permissions after you have already allowed themHow users can change camera, location, notifications and other permissions later, and why apps should handle those changes gracefully.
Privacy & Product LiteracyThird-party services: understanding who else may process dataA guide to hosting, analytics, advertising, payments and other providers that can participate in delivering a digital product.
Privacy & Product LiteracyWhat uninstalling an Android app does and does not mean for dataA guide to local app data, server accounts, cloud records and why uninstalling a device app is not automatically the same as deleting an online account.