Android like other mobile operating systems collects user data to display personalized ads, but there are formulas to resist them. Google, like other companies, makes use of it and avoiding it happens by configuring part of the options of the system settings.
It is an option that is quite hidden, but if we find it, we will be able to take steps to improve privacy, an important parameter for everyone. This setting will be available from the ninth version of Android onwards, in the eight after checking it does not appear.
How to prevent your data from being used to display personalized ads
Google usually recommends personalized ads for each person, it does it depending on your tastes, so it is best to prevent that in any way. In the end, making the software insurmountable involves following a few steps and skillfully navigating the configuration.
To carry out the process, do the following steps:
- Go to Settings of your Android device
- Once inside, click on Privacy to display all the options
- Now click on Advanced and then hit Ads
- Deactivate "Disable ad personalization" and close to return to the desktop
Now the ads shown to us will not be personalized, so in the end we will avoid that announcements reach us to a great extent to our terminal. Google sends us information about the location, content of websites or the application, as well as other common behaviors.
Personalized ads may or may not be annoying depending on whether you usually notice them when they are displayed to you when using the browser and other common applications. In the end, it is best to deactivate everything that we believe that makes our privacy be exposed, especially when it comes to displaying advertising.
