I am/was a little apprehensive on doing another post that has anything to do with Google. However, it is what it is. They make the news regularly. But I am not a Google through and through, I just find them interesting to watch.. With that said, I know a lot of people DO NOT trust Google. Hey, and maybe their right. But, for some reason I do. And now a little more.
Google Dashboard
As of this week, Google now show you what personal information they have on you, with the option of removing any of it. It’s called Google Dashboard and you can access it, whilst logged into your Google account, by going to Google.com/Dashboard
It covers nearly all Google products, with the remaining few being added soon.
Gmail, Google Talk, Calendar,Web History, Orkut, YouTube , Picasa , Docs, Google Reader, Alerts and more. I didn’t even know i had an Orkut account. I was surprised when I looked at what websites I unknowingly allowed access to my Google details.
Video on dashboard:
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2 Responses to “What Personal Information Has Google Recorded On You? You Now Know”
I had a look at my Google dashboard this afternoon and like yourself was surprised to see the amount of information held on Googles servers.
However I have signed up to all of the ‘free’ services with the knowledge that data was being gathered and really don’t have an objection to the type of data being stored if it helps fund more innovation and free services.
I can’t disagree with you. Orkut, surprised me the most. But with everything else, I feel Google do a good job of informing you of what’s going on with your info. Particularly at sign up. And given that they have so much information on everyone, and we haven’t heard of one decent leak… then compare that to the governments in Ireland, U.k and U.S. for the amount of times they’ve exposed all our data. Makes ya think..