What data is Google collecting on you?

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Friday 06 November 2009 05:11 EST
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Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.

The Dashboard feature unveiled overnight pulls together all the data that pours into Google's computers whenever web surfers log in to one of the company's services.

That includes summaries of an individual's email, search requests and viewing habits on Google's video site, YouTube.

Before, a user would have to check multiple places for all that.

The snapshot doesn't include any activity that occurs when a person isn't logged into a Google service.

Dashboard represents Google's latest step to give its users more control over their personal information and appease privacy watchdogs.

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