Privacy groups have expressed alarm over Google's collection of personal data and everyone's heard of Googleâs many privacy violations.
It's no secret that Google collects personal information and tracks its users through Chrome, Google Search, Google Play apps, Google Maps, Youtube, and more. Prevent Google from accessing your data by adjusting your Google controls and settings.
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What does Google know about me based on Google activity?
When you search on Google, they collect all the following data:
Why does Google collect your data?
In short, it's a form of exploitation. Googleâs motivation is to target ads and âpersonalizeâ your experience with their services. By giving up your data, you are allowing hundreds of thousands of advertisers to bid on displaying you their adverts based on your sensitive personal data by letting Google collect all of this information.
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Explore what Google knows about you
Google collects a ton of information on you primarily from your Google activity history, but they must make it available to you for various legal reasons. To understand just how much they collect and what data specifically they have on you, you must open your Google settings and dig a little.
Find a summary of all the data stored in your Google Account
You will also find the name of each of Googleâs primary services in your dashboard under âThings youâve done and places youâve beenâ to see data for each specific service. You may also select the right-pointing arrow next to each service to manage and change settings.
Google Web & App Activity
In My Activity, located under âHistory settingsâ you will be able to see every search made and the websites you've visited (thanks to Google Analytics).
If you've ever used a Google app, that data will appear as well. All of your Google activity history is displayed by date, hour, and app used.
Google Location History
Your location privacy is compromised every time you leave a review or access a location service. Find your Google Location History and Google Maps Timeline here.
Google's location history page offers a complete list of where you've been, which you may have saved in Google Maps (specifically found in âLocation Historyâ). There is also Google âMaps Timeline,â and the map will display all the areas Google knows you've visited.
YouTube History
Google also keeps a history of your YouTube searches, the date when you watched the video, and the device you used to view the content.
Log into your Google account and check here: Select âYouTube watch and search history' and set it to auto-delete every 3 or 6 months, or select the option to not save any data at all.
Google info you share with others
If you would like to explore the personal profile and location-sharing information made viewable to others, you can do so by clicking the respective tabs shown below. There you can also edit this information and adjust permissions.
Content saved from Google services and third-party apps
When you install third-party (non-Google) apps and extensions, many give you a Google sign in option to log in directly with your Google account to facilitate the process, this is one of the ways they access the data of those apps.
Log into your Google account and discover all the apps and extensions that are accessing your Google data under the section âData from apps and services you use.â There youâll find a summary of services and third-party apps, as well as settings to browse and restrict your data.
Google Chrome cookies and bookmarks
Web cookies are data sets that a computer receives that contain information aimed to make the websites you visit more personalized. Cookies are commonly used to identify when someone visits a website and record this activity.
In Google Chrome, you can check settings at chrome://settings/cookies to delete existing cookies, allow or block all cookies, and set cookie preferences for websites. You can allow all cookies, block third-party cookies, clear the cookies in your opened windows, block all cookies (recommended), and even select which web pages are never allowed to store cookies.
Also, Google Chrome also has an Incognito mode that deletes your browser history and clears cookies after you close the open windows.
Export all of your data out of Google
You can export and delete data saved by your Google account by finding the âDownload or delete your dataâ tab and selecting the necessary action. Then you can choose what data to export or delete by following the direction below.
Select the data to include: You can select all the data you want to export and from which platforms.
Choose file type, frequency and destination: Choose the type of file, the frequency of exporting the files and the destination (email, Internxt, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, or Google Drive.)
Create export: In this final step, you can check the number of data items selected (as the access log activity, search contributions, or your activity) and the date until which it will be available.
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Delete your Google data and adjust your Google privacy settings
Now that you know your Google activity history, itâs time to stop them from gathering all that personal data in the first place. Below are instructions to help you edit your privacy settings, opt out of some data collection, and limit the amount of your personal info Google stores.
Delete Google Web & App Activity
Youâd be surprised at how much information Google saves: Google Pay information, YouTube channel subscriptions, YouTube 'not interested' feedback, YouTube survey answers, comments on YouTube, comment likes and dislikes on YouTube, YouTube purchase activity, Google Word Coach, Google survey answers, interests and notifications, Google Play library, news preferences, data archive history, product price tracking, and more.
By selecting âWeb & App Activityâ you can delete your activity by clicking on the âDeleteâ button in the middle of the page selecting: Last hour, Last day, Always, or Custom range. In the Web & App Activityâ page you can also disable future data collection by selecting âSaving activityâ and then clicking âTurn offâ.
Disable and delete Google Location History
Location history may be the scariest data Google collects. You can click on Google location âLocation Historyâ to disable tracking and turn on auto-delete to remove any previous saved location data.
Disable and delete Youtube History
Are you a big YouTube fan? You can delete your Youtube history and disable further history collection by selecting âYouTube Historyâ in âControlsâ and clicking on âTurn Off.â You should also enable auto-delete at the bottom of the page.
Delete and disable Google Fit data
Do you own a device connected to Google Fit? While this is helpful for tracking weight loss and exercise, Fit gathers a ton of personal health information that probably should not be kept online.Â
Adjust and disable Fitâs data-collecting permissions by selecting âManage Google Fit privacyâ and deselect any options youâre uncomfortable withâor turn off Fit completely.
Manage Google email preferences
Sick of targeted emails from Google like price alerts and travel tips? Turn them off by adjusting your email settings by clicking âManage email preferencesâ under the âEmails from Google servicesâ tab.
Google Ads personalization
You can check what Google knows about you under âPersonalized adsâ in 'My Ad Centerâ, where you can find information about your age range, languages, education and so on. You also have the option to turn-off all personalized ads by clicking a button located in the upper-right side of the âMy Ad Centerâ page.
Or you can choose to customize your personalized ads or further manage your ad privacy setting, but as long as personalized ads are enabled, Google will still share some of your information with advertisers.Â
Remove third-party access of your Google data
When you link your Google Account to a third-party account, the third-party account has the ability to extract information from Google. In fact, Google transmits our personal data 70 billion times a day. You should check which companies have access to your data and manage privacy settings.
Some third-party accounts may not allow you to unlink your third-party account from your Google Account, so for managing that you will have to check the settings options on those services websites.
To disable third-party access to individual apps and services, navigate down the privacy page and find the tab that says âThird-party apps with account access.â Select it and there you will find which third parties have access to your account and manage settings. Click the services you would like to edit permissions of and then select the option to disable access.
Remove your personal data from Google Search
If you donât want your personal Google Account info showing up in Google Search if someone decides to search you, simply find the tab âPersonal results in Search,â click on it, then select the check mark slider to turn off whether Search can show you personal results based on info in your Google Account.Â
How to Delete Google Account
If you have had enough, are completely done with Google, and just want out, you can delete Google Account by navigating to the bottom of the privacy page under âMore optionsâ and select âDelete your Google Account.âÂ
Simply follow the directions from there. Be sure you are ready to delete all your information, because once this action is completed it cannot be undone.Â
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