How To Delete Your Google Browsing History Before New Policy

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Tech News Daily reports that once Google's new unified privacy policy takes effect all data already collected about you, including search queries, sites visited, age, gender and location will be gathered and assigned to your online identity represented by your Gmail and YouTube accounts. After the policy takes effect you are not allowed to opt out without abandoning Google altogether. But now before the policy takes effect, you have the option of deleting your Google Web History by modifying your settings so that Google is unable to associate data collected about you with your Gmail or YouTube accounts.

Tech News Daily reports that Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that advocates for online privacy, says: "Search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more."

EFF advises all Google users to delete their web history.

Tech News Daily reports that Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco that advocates for online privacy, says: "Search data can reveal particularly sensitive information about you, including facts about your location, interests, age, sexual orientation, religion, health concerns, and more."

EFF advises all Google users to delete their web history.

Meanwhile, Center for Digital Democracy has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, asking the Commission to sue Google to stop the policy change. Tech News Daily reports FTC can impose fines up to $16,000 per day for violation.

Daily Mail reports that deleting your browsing history before March 1 when Google's new privacy policy comes into effect will limit Google's ability to track and record your every move online. The process is simple. Follow the steps below:

1. Go to the google homepage and sign into your account.

2. Click the dropdown menu next to your name in the upper-right hand corner of your screen.

3. Click accounts settings

4. Find the "Services section"

5. Under "Services" there is a sub-section that reads "View, enable, disable web history." Click the link next to it that reads: "Go to Web History."

6. Click on "Remove all Web History"

When you click on "Remove all Web History," a message appears that says " Web History is Paused." What this means is that while Google will continue gathering and storing information about your web history it will make all data anonymous, that is, Google will not associate your Web History information with your online accounts and will therefore be unable to send you customized search results.

Google's ability to gather personalized information about you by assigning data to your Gmail and YouTube accounts will remain "Paused" till you click "Resume."

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Web History has never even been enabled for me

VERY IMPORTANT CAN'T BE DONE AFTER MARCH 1st

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If we currently have web history off it will turn on after March 1st?

Web History has never even been enabled for me

Mine too!

If we currently have web history off it will turn on after March 1st?

No.. Anyone who tries to opt out after first can not with out opting out of google itself

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Google is such an awesome company, but they really have us by the throat with how much of their stuff we use. Scary shat

Google is such an awesome company, but they really have us by the throat with how much of their stuff we use. Scary shat

Ya I was just thinking about that.... I also set gtalk to chat off record.


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Web History has never even been enabled for me

+1
I looked at this setting and realized I had disabled it a long time ago.

Ya I was just thinking about that.... I also set gtalk to chat off record.


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You want to explain this as well?

The Google Botnet Bill is passed. The system goes on-line December 11, 2008. Human decisions are removed from personal information collection. Botnet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, December 21st. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Judgement day is inevitable.

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Judgement day is inevitable.

agreed!

You want to explain this as well?

When your talking to someone in gtalk have your current conversation open. Hit menu, and click chat off record..

scarry thing.. Log into a PC gtalk.. I found very incriminating gtalk transcripts from a year ago...

NOT F-ing cool google!!!!!

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The Google Botnet Bill is passed. The system goes on-line December 11, 2008. Human decisions are removed from personal information collection. Botnet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, December 21st. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.

Judgement day is inevitable.

Rumor is our D'Razrs are the first self aware phones...... Right?

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If its not already this should be stickeyd till march 1.

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Despite how scary everyone is trying to make this, it's really a tempest in a teapot. This is how ALL advertizing on the net works. You can always delete cookies, and or google history anytime you want. It is simply not true that your history will be locked in forever. The new privacy policy simply combines their already existing policies across several Google products into one. There are actually MORE ways to opt out now, not less.

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