{"id":21432,"date":"2014-11-23T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T08:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=21432"},"modified":"2014-11-23T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T08:27:36","slug":"how-much-google-knows-about-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/how-much-google-knows-about-you\/","title":{"rendered":"See how much Google knows about you!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that Google’s is the Internet’s giant. Google provides many services to the customers which are very helpful. The more Google knows about you, the more personalised information you will get, making your life easier.<\/p>\n

Here are 5\u00a0links in case you want to know what kind of data Google has on you.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

1. Things you like\u00a0&\u00a0things you\u00a0don’t! –\u00a0Your Google profile<\/h3>\n

Google creates a profile for every user which includes person’s age<\/strong>, gender<\/strong>, interests<\/strong>. To gather all that data about you, Google uses Google Search as well as other services such as Gmail (including the content of everything you send and receive), YouTube, and Google Maps Services. You can opt in or out of Google using this information to better target you with ads. You can review the settings from here:<\/p>\n

Check –\u00a0https:\/\/www.google.com\/ads\/preferences\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Where did you go, when and why! – Your location history<\/h3>\n

\"google-location-history\"<\/p>\n

If you own an Android Smartphone or tablet and use Google location services, then Google is tracking your geo-locations as frequently as possible. Location doesn\u2019t mean what city you are in but where you are within a few feet. To see your entire location history click the below link:<\/p>\n

Check –\u00a0https:\/\/maps.google.com\/locationhistory<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Your Google Search History – yeah, that\u00a0says\u00a0almost everything about your character ;)\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Google will keep an extensive record of every single search you have ever done. This information includes every websites you have been to and every Google ad you have clicked on. Google uses cookies used by the browser to record this information. You see your search history from here:<\/p>\n

Check –\u00a0https:\/\/history.google.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Gadgets you own!<\/h3>\n

\"google-devicrs-activity\"<\/p>\n

Google also keeps a record of devices that used your Google account. Google use this as a substitute for your identity, in case you don’t want to identify yourself in each case. This also helps you to find if someone has tried to get into your account. You will be able to find a list of all devices that have accessed your Google account along with their IP address and approximate location.<\/p>\n

Check –\u00a0https:\/\/security.google.com\/settings\/security\/activity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

5. What do you do on internet!<\/h3>\n

It shows the list of all the apps extensions that are accessing your Google data. This allows Google to find out what you do and what other uses you make of the Internet. The list helps you to see the type of permissions you granted to the app and allows you to revoke its access.<\/p>\n

Check –\u00a0https:\/\/security.google.com\/settings\/security\/permissions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We cannot live without Google and Google knows that. Google is after all the world’s best search engine. Are you trying to disentangle yourself from some Google services? Which ones do you think you can ditch and which ones are you sticking with? Let us know in your comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is no secret that Google’s is the Internet’s giant. Google provides many services to the customers which are very helpful. The more Google knows about you, the more personalised information you will get, making your life easier. Here are 5\u00a0links in case you want to know what kind of data Google has on you. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,5],"tags":[460],"class_list":["post-21432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-google","category-technology","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}