Privacy software helps you take control of your data in order to control your privacy. What if your passwords fell into the wrong hands? Take back control of your data This can be convenient – for instance, many web browsers store your passwords, so you don’t have to remember them. What’s more, modern computers save private information in places where it can be accessed quickly. At the same time, the amount of data stored about when and how we use our computers has increased hugely. Online banking, sending personal messages, chatting to friends … as computers and the internet have become embedded in our lives, we’ve begun using them for more and more private tasks.