Gadgetory

Google knows a lot about you that's pretty obvious considering just how often you use its products it's your email your compass your video library and your source for knowing just about anything ever it's not a secret that Google collects data in fact the company lets you see exactly what data it's been collecting you just have to know how to get there from your gmail account click on your picture and head over to my account then look for personal info and privacy let's start with ad settings click on manage settings and here's where Google uses browser cookies and other usage data to assume what your interests are what your gender is and your age range mine was pretty spot-on but if you want you can help Google give you more accurate ads by adjusting these assumptions or you can stick it to Google and turn this off entirely just know that it doesn't turn off the ads that's just the beginning back under personal info Google keeps track of plenty more there's your search history where all of life's curiosities are logged in one place and you can also look back at where you've been they've now turned this tracking tool into a feature they're calling timeline it shows you where you've been when you went and if you have Google photos what pictures you took while you were there oh but there is more you can also see what YouTube videos you've watched and a history of your voice commands and searches so you see Google knows a lot the data is used to give you ads but it's also used to personalize other Google services like Google now you can disable any of these data tracking tools using the switches but know that you'll have a less personalized Google experience and you'll definitely still see ads