Now you can check how other people see you online with Google's 'About Me' page

The page can reveal how much personal information you're giving away online

How much does Google know about you? (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Ever wondered how you appear to others online?

It's possible to take a look by scouring your various profiles on social media and other websites, but it's hard to find all that information in one place.

Possibly to deflect users' concerns about the storage of their personal data, this week Google launched a new 'About Me' page that shows which of your details the search giant shows to other people.

It's kind of like a very stripped-down Google+ page, and may contain varying levels of information depending on how much information you've handed over to Google through using their services like YouTube, Gmail or Google Docs.

If you have a Google+ page already, this information will come from there - but if you don't have one, this lets you see what details Google has on you and lets you to manage them.

About Me allows you to add and remove information as you see fit. If you don't want people to see your Twitter username but do want to let them know when your birthday is, you can make these changes easily.

Google labels this new service with the strapline: "Control what people see about you" - the idea is to make Google's information-holding more transparent, and to make it easier for you to manage your online presence.

Oddly, there's a few things you can't delete - your name (although you can delete your surname), your birthday (but you can hide the year), or your picture, although you could change your picture to one that doesn't show your face if you didn't want it to be public.

Changing your personal information on Google used to be very unintuitive and difficult, so this new mini-product will be welcomed by many users