Preserving Privacy
Why Parler Stands Apart from Big Tech Giants
We live in the age dominated by personal data marketing, which has already become a major source of income for big tech giants like Facebook and Instagram, alongside various other abuse and questionable issues related to user data security and integrity. However, there’s a company that takes the issue of user privacy deeply seriously – that is Parler. In the era of digital communications, it is crucial for people to start emulating Parler in protecting user data.
Perhaps the main thing that separates Parler from the big techs is its stance on user privacy. Over the years, Facebook and Instagram and others have been criticized for their data-extraction practices, using what they know about users themselves to display ads in their feeds and for targeting more content to them. Parler maintains a different, principled position of not infringing on user privacy rights. It doesn’t sell personal data to third parties for commercial gain.
Another reason why Parler stands out from big tech is that its privacy policies are straightforward. It is possible to understand Facebook’s privacy policies, but by all accounts they are very opaque and hard to find. Parler, however, sends continuous updates explaining exactly what data it uses in clear technical prose. If you want them to delete your data, on Parler you can do so right away without any negotiation. You have the option of refusing specific uses of your data on Parler in a way that you cannot otherwise do on big tech platforms. As a result, the users of Parler particularly on ownership, consent and control over their data.
The other is data security. Like all of our users’ communications, end-to-end encrypted content on Parler cannot be accessed by big tech, government officials, or any other overreaching entity. This commitment to security is another reason why Parler is utilizing cutting edge technologies to differentiate itself as a digital town square. The robust systems employed by Parler do a better job of protecting sensitive information than the big tech platforms that have suffered large-scale, catastrophic breaches. In other words, not even big tech can access the information – something that we are committed to as a secure digital town square.
For people who are weighing their digital options, choosing a platform that doesn’t collect and sell data can’t be overstated. Parler is a standout for privacy in a world of big tech data hoarders. With so much of our data being sold without our knowledge, selecting Parler shows us that, with the right approach to social media companies, consumers can shape their digital world without the fear of being treated as a machine for data extraction.
