AD | Rightly Protect – Stop Companies Spamming You In A Few Clicks
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If you’re a comper or a couponer like me, you likely sign up to A LOT of company newsletters and give companies a lot of data. Here’s a way how you can manage it with Rightly.
Do you get a ton of spam and nuisance calls, junk texts and letters? By simply using the web and purchasing online, your personal data will end up everywhere.
While GDPR does give you and your personal data much greater protections, it would be fair to say that it just doesn’t go far enough to stop companies buying and selling your data, so having more control over it is always a good thing.
Luckily there’s a new free service called Rightly Protect, where you can delete ALL of the data companies hold on you in a few clicks.
Here’s how it works:
Rightly Protect – How To Manage Your Data
Unsubscribing from emails doesn’t delete your data from companies who spam you. They can still hold onto your personal information!
Instead, Rightly Protect can analyse your email inbox, and make sure your info is permanently deleted.
It’s quite simple to use, with Gmail, Outlook and Hotmail email accounts eligible to see who has your data.
Once you’ve gone over to the Rightly website, go to ‘protect yourself now’ – and follow the instructions under the automatic section to link your email account.
(Note: Don’t worry – this is totally safe and doesn’t read any important emails you may have – just checks for who has your data)
Next, complete a scan of your inbox, to see which companies are in possession of your data (even after you’ve unsubscribed).
You’ll then see a large list of companies who have your data. You can read down the list and pick the ones that you’d like to remove.
Once all selected, a full erasure request will be sent to each company on your behalf, and your data will be deleted fully.
What Are The Benefits?
You might be thinking that this is just something you can do manually, by just unsubscribing on emails. But in fact, that’s not always the best option.
Pressing unsubscribe on marketing preferences doesn’t mean that your details are completely removed.
You could still be called, sent things through the post, or still have your email and details on file without sending you marketing.
Using Rightly Protect to unsubscribe and delete your records, means there is no way for them to contact you, and your data is a lot more safe.
With data hacks, customer details leaks and more becoming a bigger problem, there’s no harm in making sure you’re extra safe.
Conclusion – Rightly Protect
Hopefully this helps you take a bit more control back over what data you give to companies. You can have a go at using the website here.
It’s a great tool to have in your back pocket too, for those times when you have a bad customer experience and want to remove everything because of it.
Let me know if you’re successful in cutting back the unwanted emails and calls – hopefully you’ll have a bit more peace.
Will you be removing your data from any companies? I’d love to know who in the comments below, on Twitter @Jordon_Cox or on Facebook.
