Privacy & Data: The Datapods Blog
Plain-English guides to data privacy, GDPR rights, how Big Tech uses your data, and practical steps to take back control of your personal information.
What your data is actually worth
October 10, 2023 · Lukas Stein
In an age where our digital footprints perpetually expand, understanding the intrinsic worth and applications of our personal data has never been more pivotal.
Comparison: Incogni vs. Datapods Shield
June 5, 2025 · David Goldschmidt
What privacy tool should you use to delete your data from data brokers?
The Future of Data Ownership? Brazil Joins What Datapods Started
June 4, 2025 · David Goldschmidt
Brazil just launched a national pilot to pay people directly for their personal data. But what's groundbreaking public policy in South America is already live technology elsewhere. In fact, it's exactly the future we're building at Datapods.
If data is the new oil, is FAANG the new OPEC?
July 18, 2024 · David Goldschmidt
Data is the new oil, with FAANG acting as the new OPEC. Unlike finite oil, data is non-rivalrous, non-fungible, and constantly growing, concentrating FAANG's market power. Users need control over their data to prevent its exploitation.
The GDPR in other countries
October 20, 2023 · Finn Rübo
Data is often called the new oil, and many countries have written laws to protect what companies may do with your personal information.
How to Delete Your Data - Your Data, Your Control
October 24, 2023 · Lukas Stein
A comprehensive guide to deleting your personal data from various online services
How to Opt Out of Meta's AI Training on Your Content
October 24, 2023 · Lukas Stein
Learn how to protect your content from being used in Meta's AI training
Introducing Datapods Shield: Taking Back Your Data
March 14, 2025 · Lukas Stein
Datapods Shield helps you regain control by easily removing your personal data from data brokers, protecting your privacy and reducing risks like spam and identity theft.
The GDPR Files - What Mark Zuckerberg knows about you
February 27, 2024 · Lukas Stein
The GDPR allows you to request all your personal data online, but have you ever actually looked? A story of political influence and my secret passion for bugs and worms.
What is a Datapod?
October 24, 2023 · Lukas Stein
Picture a Datapod as a locked safe for your personal data, fully encrypted. It is more than a place to store things.
Your data protection rights, and how they protect you
No date · Jakob Endler
Access, correction, deletion, or portability: this guide shows how to use your data protection rights, and how to defend them.