Privacy & Terms of Service things are usually buried deep within an app’s settings menu and are filled with clunky legalese — encouraging us to just click “accept” and hope for the best. Now, in an effort to make its privacy policies and data collection more transparent, Google has introduced a new spot, making managing your privacy settings easier: My Account.
The page is broken up into three sections for ease of navigation: Sign In & Security, Personal Info & Privacy, and Account Preferences. For the security and privacy sections, you can get a quick sense of what Google is collecting on you right now, and then make tweaks as needed.
Of course, it’s always a trade-off between your security and your convenience. If you switch on some of these settings (say, location services) Google can often provide faster and more relevant search results or transit directions — but it also knows where you are at all times. If you switch them off, your location information and browsing habits are tracked by one less entity.
At Google’s new privacy.google.com, you can read up on some frequently asked security-related questions, such as “What data does Google collect?” and “Does Google sell my personal information?”…….
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