1. Find out what Google thinks
about you
In order to serve relevant ads, Google
collects data about you and creates a profile. You can control and review the
information Google has on you here: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/
Google also has a tool called Google
Analytics, that helps publishers see what pages you have viewed on their
website, how many times you have visited it, how long did you stay etc. You can
opt out if you don’t want this type of data to be collected: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
2. Find out your location history
If you use Android, your mobile device
may be sending your location to Google. You can see your entire location
history here: https://maps.google.com/locationhistory
3. Find out your entire Google
Search history
Google saves every single search you
have ever done. On top of that, they record every Google ad you have clicked
on. This log is available in Google web history controls: https://www.google.com/history/
4. Get a monthly security and privacy
report from Google
Google offers an Account activity page
that tells you about all the Google services you are using. You can even enable
a monthly report that will be sent to your email: https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard
5. Find out all the apps and extensions
that are accessing your Google data
The Account activity page also offers a
list of all the apps that have any type of access to your data. You can see the
exact type of permissions granted to the app and revoke access to your data
here:https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions
6. Export all of your data out
of Google
Google lets you export all your data:
bookmarks, emails, contacts, drive files, profile info, your youtube videos,
photos and more here: https://www.google.com/takeout
7. BONUS
Google also keeps a history
of your YouTube searches. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/feed/history/search_history
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