Today Google’s new privacy policy goes live and that means that they will know too much about you and they will dig even deeper into your life and use it for: advertising!. They will pool information not only from your Gmail account, but also from all the Google-operated services (Youtube, Google+, Picasa, Docs,…) so they can include ads based on your activity.

 

If you are a registered user of any of their products and if you want to stop this from happening, remove your Google web history from your Google account and also from your Youtube account.

How to remove and disable your Google web history:

• Sign in to your Google account.
• Go here: https://www.google.com/history
• Click the “Remove all Web History” button.
• Click “OK.”
• Your Google web history will now be cleared and remain disabled until you decide to enable it again.

How to cover your YouTube search and viewing tracks:

• Sign in to your Google account.
• Go here: https://www.youtube.com
• Click your profile icon.
• Go to the Video Manager section of your profile.
• Click “History.”
• Click the “Clear all viewing history” button.
• Click the “Pause viewing history” button.
• Go to the Search History section of your profile, located on the lefthand column.
• Click the “Clear all search history button.”
• Click the “Pause search history” button to prevent future searches from being recorded indefinitely.

By Meredith Red

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