Google accounts secretly harvest a staggering amount of background data by default, which is why I immediately disable these four settings.

Google now allows you to password-protect your Google account's My Activity page so that others sharing your device can't snoop on your online activity. When you use Google products, such as Google ...

Want to know how to check your activity on Google? In this video, I’ll show you step by step how to access Google My Activity ...

Update (6/26/19 @ 12:50 PM ET): Google's new option for automatically deleting location history and activity data is now rolling out. Google often keeps track of everything you search and wherever you ...

The days of traversing the internet without leaving some sort of digital footprint are long gone, but there are still steps you can take to clear away as much of your digital footprint as possible. As ...

Privacy is a heavy-handed topic, and for a good reason. When it comes to your Google Account, though there might be no obvious risks to certain data being saved ...

If you thought that the Google Duplex demo was scary, Google's new "My Activity" page in your user account is even scarier. It shows all the data that Google has recorded on your activity, ostensibly, ...

After testing in recent months, the Google Search app on Android has now widely rolled out an “Activity” tab in the bottom bar. Replacing the “Saved” tab, Activity appears as the last item on the ...

The Google app seems to be getting a new “Activity” tab. The tab allows users to easily access their search history from both Chrome and the Google app itself. It will also serve as a hub for managing ...

That Google gathers data about you is not news. If you use Google products, it's something you've decided to put up with -- either that, or you live in blissful ignorance of. Whether you're using ...

Google will soon let users automatically delete location history and other private data in rolling intervals of either three months or 18 months. “Choose a time limit for how long you want your ...