How to delete your Google Browsing History before new policy

[MrScorpio]

JohnThomas
By JohnThomas Didymus
Feb 24, 2012

With just a week to go before Google changes to its new privacy policy that allows it to gather, store and use personal information, users have a last chance to delete their Google Browsing History, along with any damning information therein.

Tech News Daily reports that once Google's new unified privacy policy takes effect all data already collected about you, including search queries, sites visited, age, gender and location will be gathered and assigned to your online identity represented by your Gmail and YouTube accounts. After the policy takes effect you are not allowed to opt out without abandoning Google altogether. But now before the policy takes effect, you have the option of deleting your Google Web History by modifying your settings so that Google is unable to associate data collected about you with your Gmail or YouTube accounts.

Tech News Daily reports that Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that advocates for online privacy, says: "Search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more."

EFF advises all Google users to delete their web history.


Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/320137#ixzz1nUOt5RAs

[Lucinda]

1. Thank you! n/t

[hlthe2b]

2. Done... I wonder how much this will really help in the long run...

After all, Google isn't the only one collecting information, but maybe it is a start.

[blaze]

3. Thanks! nt

[Moondog]

4. Good tip. Thanks! n/t