Gizmo's Freeware: Metadata in Your Files May Reveal Hidden Personal Information You Didn’t Know About

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Metadata in Your Files May Reveal Hidden Personal Information You Didn’t Know About Posted: 24 Mar 2014 02:11 AM PDT Did you know that many files contain hidden information that may include personal data? The hidden information is called "metadata" and it may reveal more about you than you realize. Here is what metadata is and how to edit or remove it. In addition to the actual content of a file, there is information about the contents of the file – data about the data. This type of information is called metadata. Some of it, such as file size and date of creation, is familiar but there is much else that may be stored as metadata. For example, photographers are probably familiar with the fact that an image file can have information such as the name of the photographer, when and where a picture was taken, and details of the camera used. Some kinds of metadata are hidden and you have to look for it to see it.Office files are of particular interest since they can contain considerable amounts of personal information. Your name, your company, name of your computer, your collaborators, revisions, and much else may be included. Much of this is buried in the file and you may not be aware of it. Here are some ways to find metadata. http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/metadata-your-files-may-reveal-hidden-personal-information-you-didn-t-know-about.htm

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