So over the last several weeks, a debate raged on. The debates raged from online privacy rights to powerful tech leaders selling our information. In fact, these debates happen everywhere, from homes, bars, coffee shops, even our Boston computer service shop. Maybe we can help. Here is to deleting your Google history and checking your activity.
Yes, you can delete your browsing history. But even doing that doesn’t get rid of all the information Google has on you. However, by deleting your Google history, you can limit how much data they have on you. But that’s not the only way. In fact, Google isn’t the only candy store in town.
Ever hear of GoDuckGo? It’s a rival search engine that doesn’t track you online. Their CEO, Gabriel Weinberg, sees to it GoDuckGo doesn’t track you online. Another way to take out your Google history, or at least some of it, is to delete map activity. Google says it will delete your data…after you delete it first. Another thing you can do is adjust your Google settings and choose, ‘Stop Saving Activity’. It will do just that.
I don’t have all the answers, nor do I have all day to research and give you all the answers. But I can give you a pointer or two.
How to turn off your activity: 1. Go to Activity controls. 2. Turn off activity you don’t want to save. 3. To confirm, hit pause.
Deleting your Google history: 1. Go to My Activity. 2. At top right page, choose More -> Delete activity by. 3.? Below ‘Delete by Date’, select the Down Arrow-> All Time. 4. Select Delete. 4 1/2. You can control what you want to delete in ‘My Activity’.
So there are just some ways to keep your privacy private. But there are risk, like losing your saved passwords. If you are going to do this, then I hope you have a good memory. Also, I think Google realizes they’re not the monopoly they think they are. In fact, they know competitors like GoDuckGo are gaining on them. That’s why they’re taking such steps to help you delete your history. I applaud Google for doing it, but do you think they would if it were the only game in town? Now do you see why competition is so critical in IT support and online tech?