Data plays a critical part in our lives. And with the rapid changes driven by the recent evolution of AI, owning your data is no longer optional!
First, we need to answer the following question: "Is your data really safe?"
On April 1st, 2026, an article was published on the Proton blog revealing that Big Tech companies have shared data from 6.9 million user accounts with US authorities over the past decade.
On January 1st, 2026, Google published its AI Training Data Transparency Summary, containing the following:
This is Google basically saying: "We use your data to train our AI models, but trust us, we're careful about it."
On November 24, 2025, Al Jazeera published an article containing a striking statement "Deleting your Meta accounts does not eliminate the possibility of Meta AI using your past public data, Meta’s spokesperson said."
In summary, most Big Tech companies are using your data. They scrape the internet and use whatever they can. Even Anthropic, the company behind Claude, acknowledges in their Collection of Personal Data section that training data does incidentally include personal information. So watch out for what you share!
"I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it" - Morpheus, The Matrix (1999).
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