Google's privacy settings – controlling your information | Technology. Google's settings can be changed to prevent giving too much information away. Photograph: Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images Google provides tools for controlling your personal information, and a handy dashboard for your various accounts. Use the privacy tools page to opt out of tracking. The dashboard shows your use of most Google services, even if the accounts are under different names. You can edit or remove some information, but the ultimate sanction is to go to account settings and delete everything. At least delete your web browsing history. Block tracking While Google's "opt out" cookies are useful, there are independent browser plug-ins that aim to block wider attempts to track you.
Private browsing Restrict your use of Gmail, Facebook and similar sites to private browser windows – other sites will find it harder to track the connection. Anonymous browsing sites Websites identify the IP (internet protocol) address you use to access the web. Don't give away information. Frequently asked questions about Google's privacy settings. Nightly News and the Associated Press report: Beginning today, Google started operating under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users. Google says the changes will make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information, and allow the company to create more helpful and compelling services.
Critics, including most of the country's state attorneys general and a top regulator in Europe, argue that Google is trampling on people's privacy rights in its relentless drive to sell more ads. Related story: Clear your Google search history now Here's a look at some of the frequently asked questions about Google's new privacy settings. Q: How will Google's privacy changes affect users? A: Google is combining more than 60 different privacy policies so it will be able to throw all the data it gathers about each of its logged-in users into personal dossiers.
A: Yes. A: The U.S. Do Not Track - Universal Web Tracking Opt Out. Mozilla: Do Not Track. Mozilla is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better. We emphasize principle over profit, and believe that the Web is a shared public resource to be cared for, not a commodity to be sold. We answer to no one but you and believe it is crucial to put you in control of your online experience. We are aiming to give you better insight and control into the ways your personal information is collected, used, stored and shared online.
Mozilla Firefox offers a Do Not Track feature that lets you express a preference not to be tracked by websites. When the feature is enabled, Firefox will tell advertising networks and other websites and applications that you want to opt-out of tracking for purposes like behavioral advertising. Do Not Track is a step toward putting you in control of the way your information is collected and used online. Yes. No, you will still see ads with Do Not Track enabled. Do Not Track is one of many privacy solutions. About. Empowering Users Rather than making judgments about which trackers are good or bad, Ghostery puts power directly into users’ hands, giving them the relevant and accurate information they need to make the decision that’s best for them. Ghostery users can block all tracking easily, block tracking from particular companies, or choose to only allow tracking on the websites that they trust the most.
Strength In Numbers The Ghostery community is one of the strongest and most sophisticated on the web. Free and Easy Ghostery is, and will always be, free—no hidden costs, no trying to sell a ‘premium version’ or other related products.