Simple steps to ensure online privacy:

• If you don’t keep it, they can’t get it — destroy unnecessary records,
• If you do keep it, protect it with file encryption and strong passwords — if you don’t know how, use a service like Nimbox Vault,
• Encrypt your Internet communications to prevent interception,
• Use anonymising tools like Tor when you’re online,
• Always delete your providers’ copies of emails and voicemails as soon as you can access them,
• Only pass data to people and organisations which you trust,
• Never download or accept files from unknown sources.

Note: ‘They’ refers to bad guys, whom ever they may be.