6 Using an Internet Browser
You may know this, but there are a variety of tools that online entities use on web browsers to track you. That includes cookies and social media plugins — the latter of which can collect data on you even if you don’t have an account on that platform.
There are other ways that are harder to mitigate, too. Some data collectors rely on “fingerprinting,” which basically creates a unique profile for your device. Many fingerprinting techniques run invisibly. Unlike cookies, “fingerprints” can’t be deleted, so they’ll work whether you want them to or not.