This week’s “right to be forgotten” case ruling should be a wake-up call for all web users (Sept. 25 online, “Google Wins its ‘Right to be Forgotten’ Case in the EU’s Top Court”).

Browsing the web is very much like driving a car on a city street. There are cameras everywhere scanning the car and license plate. This data is then sold or shared with parties without the user’s consent.

You can’t control being recorded and who is seeing the data, but you can control the data they get.

Cloud browsing, also known as remote browsing, is like renting a car to drive through the city filled with surveillance cameras. When you browse the web with a rented browser, websites record the car and license plate of the cloud provider’s computer, not the user’s car.

The internet provider cannot see or share this data either. It only sees that you drove your car to a “browser rental agency.” It cannot see the car, the license plate or any sites you visited. Just like renting a car, there is no evidence of where you went in or on your own car.

Online privacy solved.

Scott Shaffer
CEO and founder
TraceFree
Boca Raton, Fla.
The writer is a former resident of White Oak.

First Published: October 1, 2019, 4:00 a.m.