While we love to shop on Amazon and ask Alexa all sorts of questions, we rarely consider how much user data Amazon collects behind the scenes. From browsing to purchase history to Alexa logs, Amazon can create an audience profile to track users across the web, which is pretty detrimental to privacy. So if you want to tighten your privacy on Amazon services, you’ve come to the right place. Here we explain multiple tutorials on how to take back control of your personal data on Amazon. So without any delay, let’s get started.
Tighten Your Privacy on Amazon Services
We have mentioned many ways to tighten your privacy across various Amazon services. We also talked about a way to increase your Amazon account security by enabling 2FA. Click the link below for easy navigation and easily navigate to the relevant manual.
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Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FV) on Amazon
1. First, log in to your Amazon account and click “Your accountFrom the “Account and Lists” menu. alternatively you can click here To open the account page directly
2. Then, “Login and Security“.
3. At the bottom “To organise” next to Two-Step Verification (2SV) Settings.
4. Here, “To start“.
5. Now, enter your mobile number and one time code After that you receive your phone number, you will be asked to enter a one-time code before logging in. In this way, not only your privacy will be protected on Amazon, but also your security against fake purchases.
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Manage Your Public Profile on Amazon
You may be surprised to find this Amazon creates a public profile for each account. It’s a lot like a social media profile and if you’re not paying attention to your wish lists and purchasing activity, you may be making your data public. So, follow to manage your Amazon public profile.
1. Open “Your Account” and click “ProfileUnder “Order and shopping preferences”. Moreover click here To open the profile page directly
2. To hide your purchase history on Amazon, click the 3-dot menu and click “Hide on my public profile“.
3. Similarly, in the left pane, click on the wishlist set custom.
In case 4, public then click on the wishlist and go to More -> Manage List -> Privacy -> Set Privacy to Private.
5. Now click “To check how your Amazon profile appears on the web.See what others see” and verify whether you put any personal information in the public domain.
6. If so, click on “Edit Your Public Profile” and make changes accordingly.
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Stop Amazon Collecting Your Browsing History
1. click this link Click Here to open the Suggestions page.Manage History“.
2. Then click on “Remove all items from view” to delete all your collected data. And if you want Permanently disable Browsing History Turn off the toggle later on Amazon.
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Remove Your Alexa Voice Recordings
1. You can delete Alexa Voice Recordings from: Amazon Alexa app on both Androids (Free) and iOS (Free). So go ahead and install the app on your smartphone.
2. Next, sign in to your Amazon account and go to More -> Settings. open here”Alexa Privacy“.
3. On this page, “Manage Your Alexa Data” and enable the “Automatically delete recordings” option. You can also enable the toggle to enable voice recording deletion.
4. Next, scroll down and disable “Use of Audio Recordings” and “Use Messages to Improve Transcriptions”. This will ensure that Amazon does not look at your personal messages and logs that you send through Alexa.
5. Finally, if you want delete all your Alexa voice recordings then go back and open “Review Audio History”. Here change the date filter to “All History” and tap on the “Delete all my recordings” option. You can also review Skill Permissions to manage authorization of various Alexa Skills.
Improve Your Privacy on Amazon Services
So you can tighten your privacy on Amazon services – whether it’s Alexa records or your browsing history on Amazon. I was really surprised to discover that so many privacy-related settings on Amazon are turned on by default and should have had a preference option in the first place.
Anyway, go ahead and make the changes to take control of your data. If you run into any issues, comment below and let us know. We will definitely try to help you. Other than that, if you’re on a privacy-control spree, check out our detailed guide and cut Google out of your life.
