Take Back Control: Reclaiming Your Privacy in the Digital Age

Your data is currency. Your habits are sold. Your devices are listening.
But here’s the truth: you don’t have to be a tech expert to fight back.

In Take Back Control, author V. Pathak breaks down the complex world of digital surveillance into an empowering, accessible, and actionable guide for the everyday internet user. Whether you're a professional, parent, student, or entrepreneur — this book equips you with the knowledge and tools to protect what’s rightfully yours: your privacy.

From smart home devices and social media trackers to facial recognition, workplace surveillance, and risky AI therapy bots — this book exposes the silent risks around you and provides powerful solutions.

What you’ll learn:

- How your smartphone and apps quietly harvest your life
- The reality of workplace monitoring — and how to protect your personal space
- How to set up privacy-first browsers, messaging apps, VPNs, and password managers
- The global state of privacy laws like GDPR, DPDP Act (India), and AI regulations
- How to protect children, elders, and communities from data misuse
- Why privacy-by-design is the future — and how to demand it

Blending real stories, step-by-step advice, checklists, and modern case studies, this book doesn’t just raise awareness — it helps you act.

“One of the most important books you’ll read this year — especially if you think you’ve got nothing to hide.”

Take Back Control is your practical guide to staying safe, secure, and sovereign in the connected world.