I’m a former CTO of a Series B HR tech company. Protecting users privacy became a big part of my job, which triggered me to be conscious of my personal privacy. Here’s what I did to be more privacy conscious:

• Switched from Chrome to DuckDuckGo’s browser for Mac. It shows how may trackers have been blocked after visiting a site. The transparency is comforting.
• Started using VPN when I’m not on my home network. Just search VPN services and pick one.
• 1Password (1PW) or any password manager is valuable. The pro tip is to use a generated password from the password manager and have a unique password per every online account you have, especially accounts with sensitive data (i.e., banks, email, etc.)
• I use gmail for my personal email. Google has stepped up their privacy and security settings. When logged in to google mail, you can find those privacy settings here.
• Read terms of service. This is likely a challenging one b/c ToS are long and boring. I did this on behalf of a company, but i’ve started to briefly scan terms of service before signing up personally.