Vivo shares tips on protecting data security and privacy on smartphones ahead of Data Protection Day on January 28
January 28, which was declared “European Data Protection Day” by the European Council in 2006, has been celebrated as Data Protection Day in our country since 2016 in order to raise public awareness on this issue and to encourage privacy and data protection practices.
1. Set PIN and password on your phone: In case your phone is lost or stolen, be sure to set a password/PIN on your phone’s home screen to prevent unauthorized use of your phone by people you do not know. Use as many different passwords as possible for sites such as e-mail, banking and e-commerce sites.
Thanks to the vivo Funtouch OS operating system, if your phone’s screen is locked and protected with a password, you must unlock it before you can turn off the phone. This way, no one can turn off your phone without your permission. Thanks to smart features such as “application pinning”, you can allow someone else to use your vivo smartphone by restricting that person’s access to only a specific application or ensure that they only see the images you choose while someone else is using the phone. Thanks to the “Find My Device” feature, you can track and remotely locate your lost or stolen vivo phone via a Google account, and lock or delete the data if the device cannot be recovered.
2. Back up your smartphone and ensure data security: Regularly back up all the data you store on your phone, such as contacts, documents, photos and videos, on your personal computer, external storage devices or in the cloud. Thus, it can eliminate the risk of loss, theft or deletion of this data in case of loss or theft; You can easily restore the data on your phone.
If you are going to switch to a new phone, with the vivo EasyShare application, you can safely and easily transfer all data such as contacts, messages, documents and photos from your old phones to new devices, and when necessary, completely remove the data from an old device.
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3. Don’t forget to update your smartphone’s software: You can reduce your risk of exposure to cyber threats by keeping your operating system up to date. Keep your phone’s operating system up to date by enabling automatic updates or accept updates from your service provider, operating system provider, device manufacturer, and app provider.
Funtouch OS, vivo’s innovative operating system, helps you easily keep your data safe with both user features and hidden security and privacy mechanisms that users can trust.
4. Clear your personal data before disposing of your old phone: The reset process usually includes deleting all data on your phone, such as applications, messages, call history, music and photos. Make sure to back up this data or transfer it to your new phone before resetting.
Besides, sometimes there may be situations where you want to reset your phone’s settings but do not want to lose any of your stored data. For such cases, vivo’s smartphones offer users two different options to reset the default device settings and completely wipe the phone: With the “Erase All Data” option, you can permanently remove all traces of your personal data or the files and photos you have stored. With the “Reset all settings” option, you can return to default system settings and clear system settings data such as Wi-Fi passwords and paired Bluetooth device information without deleting application data or files saved on your phone.
5. Only install apps from trusted sources: Before downloading an app, research whether it is legal and trustworthy. Applications from untrusted sources; It may contain unwanted software that steals information, installs viruses, and damages the contents of your phone. For this reason, be careful to obtain the applications you download to your smartphones from the official application environment of your operating system.
6. Be careful about how apps can access your personal information: To avoid the risk of unknowingly allowing your personal information, such as location information, to be processed through applications you download, check the privacy settings of each application before installing it.
Additionally, with vivo’s “Approximate Location” app, you can gain more control over your privacy by choosing whether you want to use “Approximate Location” or “Precise Location” when granting location permissions to apps.
7. Be careful when connecting to open Wi-Fi networks: Using public Wi-Fi networks can also make your phone an easy target for cybercriminals. Therefore, especially when accessing your personal or sensitive information, be careful to use a secure Wi-Fi network or wireless mobile connection belonging to an operator you trust, instead of public networks.
8. Do not change your smartphone’s security settings: Actions such as changing your phone’s factory settings and operating system settings weaken the security features offered by your operator and your smartphone; It makes your smartphone more susceptible to cyber attacks. Thanks to vivo’s Funtouch OS system, which includes many new features such as App Pinning, Approximate Location, Privacy Indicator, Privacy Dashboard, Secret Album and Ability to Turn Off a Locked Phone Without Unlocking, your concerns about privacy protection are eliminated.