Google News & Updates: Google Seems To Be The Creepy Stalker You Avoid Who Wants To Know Everything , Here's How You Ditch It!
Google has been your stalker from 8th Grade that you probably know about, or not. Google has been tracking your cookies and search tabs. It is built for more accurate advertisements, yet most are uncomfortable to live with it.
Techly says that the personally identifiable information the company knows about you from your Google accounts (Gmail, Drive etc) can now be matched up with your browsing history. That makes everything a huge deal since Google is almost the place you live in the internet.
You can get rid of those, Google added a feature that you can actually stop its stalking. According to Gadgets 360, you can disable tracking by first, Go to advertisement settings and sign in. Second, you will see two columns, one for advertisements you'll see on Google's websites and one for the advertisements you'll be shown on the Web. Based on your tracked data, Google will have estimated your gender, age, languages you speak and your interests. Scroll down to Opt-out settings and click Opt-out in both columns. You'll notice that the data above will be replaced by N/A. Lastly, Google's advertising cookie is still tracking you. To remove it, head to the Advertising cookie opt-out page and click Download the cookie opt-out plugin. This plugin is available for Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox. After downloading this plugin, Google will stop tracking your browsing activity. Gadget 360, made it clear on fixing it.
As per The USB Port, Andrea Faville, Manager of Global Communications and Public Affairs at Google has written a statement regarding the new privacy policy, saying "Before we launched this update, we tested this around the world with the goal of understanding how to provide users with choice and transparency."
Internet is a really scary place, and Google is apparent about them being a stalker. After all, it's all about the paid advertisements they are getting. 'If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold', this quotation explains it.