It’s frustrating that no matter what companies say about their “privacy” policies, they all seem to be guilty of using our personal data for their benefit.
Well, Google just alerted customers to the invasive changes by calling them “some new features for your Google account.” Wow, really?
So what is Google doing? According to ProPublica, Google’s privacy policy combines personally identifiable information from your YouTube searches, and Google searches with DoubleClick ad data from the web.
The good news: You can opt out of Google’s tracking system!
Here’s how:
1. Go to “My Account” in your Google account page
2. Click on “My Activity”
3. Click on the 3 vertical dots next in the top blue bar of your screen
4. Click “Activity Controls”
5. Untick “Include Chrome browsing history and activity from websites and apps that use Google services