{"id":1521,"date":"2022-02-05T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2022-02-05T07:44:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:44:12","slug":"google-privacy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpsites.ucalgary.ca\/isec-601-f21\/2022\/02\/05\/google-privacy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Privacy Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google is being sued by attorneys in the US because of it’s tracking system. “The search giant makes it “nearly impossible” for people to\u00a0stop their location from being tracked<\/a>\u00a0and accuse the company of deceiving users and invading their privacy. As a result, the attorneys general are\u00a0suing Google over its use of location data<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.hackread.com\/google-tracks-browsing-activity-chrome-incognito-mode\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How Do You Control What Google Can See?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2019 there have been a few changes in the way google handles some of it’s data regarding location. It has given people the ability to have autodelete controls and to access location through the incognito mode. However it still can track your browsing history in incognito mode which resulted in a 5 billion lawsuit in 2020. After researching a bit the best way to control what Google has on you is to understand how to change your settings on Google activity, you are able to change your web activity and app activity to be off so it doesn’t keep tabs on you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/strong>. Sign in to your Google Account<\/a> and choose Data & Privacy <\/strong>from the navigation bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2<\/strong>. To see a list of all your activity that Google has logged, scroll to History Settings<\/strong> and select Web & App Activity<\/strong>. This is where all your Google searches, YouTube viewing history, Google Assistant commands and other interactions with Google apps and services get recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3<\/strong>. <\/strong>To turn it completely off, move the toggle to the off<\/strong> position. But beware — changing this setting will most likely make any Google Assistant devices you use, including Google Home and Google Nest smart speakers and displays, virtually unusable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4<\/strong>. If you want Google to stop tracking just your Chrome browser history and activity from sites you sign in to with your Google account, uncheck the first box. If you don’t want Google to keep audio recordings of your interactions with Google Assistant, uncheck the second box. Otherwise, move on to Step 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5<\/strong>. <\/strong>To set Google to automatically delete this kind of data either never or every three or 18 months, select Auto-delete<\/strong> and pick the time frame you feel most comfortable with. Google will immediately delete any current data older than the time frame you specify. For example, if you choose three months, any information older than three months will be deleted right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6<\/strong>. Once you choose an Auto-delete setting, a pop-up will appear and ask you to confirm. Select Delete<\/strong> or Confirm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7<\/strong>. Next, select Manage Activity<\/strong>. This page displays all the information Google has collected on you from the activities mentioned in the previous steps, arranged by date, all the way back to the day you created your account or the last time you purged this list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8<\/strong>. To delete specific days, select the trash can icon<\/strong> to the right of the day, then choose Got it<\/strong>. To get more specific details or to delete individual items, select the three stacked dots<\/strong> icon beside the item then choose either Details<\/strong> or Delete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9<\/strong>. If you’d rather delete part or all of your history manually, select the three stacked dots<\/strong> icon to the right of the search bar at the top of the page and choose Delete activity by,<\/strong> then choose either Last hour<\/strong>, Last day<\/strong>, All time <\/strong>or Custom range<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>To make sure your new settings took, head back to\u00a0Manage Activity<\/strong>\u00a0and make sure whatever’s there only goes back the three or 18 months you selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These 10 steps explain very clearly how to use it to your advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does this effect the workplace?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Google activity being a already popular resource there has been a new update which allows a new setting called workspace search history. It is separate from the normal settings in the sense it only saves data that works with workspace apps, these include things like Google drive and calendar and other applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data that is collected is automatically deleted after 18 months at the default value, although that can change to 3 or 36 months or months in between these amounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google has promised it’s user’s after recent lawsuits and new developments to there privacy controls that they promise to protect the data that is collected and they urge user’s to read the agreement’s before agreeing to any terms and condition’s such as those on the main page of incognito mode that was the saving grace for google against their opposition. Newer developments similar to this are likely to happen in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

References<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/services-and-software\/theres-a-way-to-delete-the-frightening-amount-of-data-google-has-on-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Google is being sued by attorneys in the US because of it’s tracking system. “The search giant makes it “nearly impossible” for people to\u00a0stop their location from being tracked\u00a0and accuse the company of deceiving users and invading their privacy. As a result, the attorneys general are\u00a0suing Google over its use of location data.” How Do … <\/p>\n

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