Simple Steps To Protect Your Privacy On Twitter

It's not just Facebook that can share your data with others.

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which revealed that up to 50 million people may have had their Facebook data harvested without their knowledge, many people have started to think differently about their data settings.

Facebook isn’t the only company that shares your data, either for advertising purposes or through third parties with your consent.

Twitter also shares information from its users, and while it doesn’t contain anywhere near the amount of personal and private data that Facebook does, it can still support third-party apps and does hand over anonymous information to advertisers.

If you’re worried about which apps you might have connected to Twitter – or just want to curb the amount of information you’re handing over – then here are some simple but meaningful changes you can make to your settings.

How to remove apps connected to Twitter

This is a straightforward process thanks to simple fact that most of our Tweets are public anyway, it’s unlikely that you will have handed over complete control of your account to a malicious third-party.

Click on your Twitter profile picture in the top right-hand side and then click on Privacy and Settings.

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