Google has a setting called Location History. To turn it off: From any Google website, click the icon in the top right (you’ll need to sign in first) > Manage your Google Account > Privacy & personalization > If Web & App Activity is on, click on it > On the next screen, click "Turn off." If you’d rather leave the global Web & App activity setting on, you can also adjust the settings for Chrome and voice data. You can tell it to exclude browsing data and other information from Google Chrome, and exclude any voice data the company collects if you use Google Assistant.
Google has introduced a few new controls for Web & App activity.
“It’s bad practice for them to lump all these settings together and disincentivize protecting your privacy.”īut Brookman thinks the privacy boost is still worth the trade-off, and you can always switch the setting back on if you need to. “That makes for a terrible user experience,” says Justin Brookman, director of privacy and technology policy for Consumer Reports. But if you switch it off, Google warns that its services may be less “personalized,” and certain features will be disabled in Maps and Google Assistant.
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