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There's a ton of hubbub lately about Google and other companies ( cough Facebook cough) storing your user data and potentially selling it for a profit (they don't all do that). It's true; Google does indeed log a lot of your user data, but you do have some control of what gets stored in the "My Activity" section of your Here's how to delete or turn off some of those activities. • • How to delete usage data in your Google account In the main section of the My Activity section of your Google account, you'll be able to view and delete your Android usage data, Voice & Audio data, Google Assistant data (searches, smart home control, etc.), search data, and ads. • Visit the My Activity section of your Google account. • Click the three vertical dots on upper right side of your screen. • Click Delete activity by. • Click Today to open the dropdown. • Click All time to delete all of your activity ever. • Click DELETE to simply delete all of your activity today. You can optionally set a date range. You can also choose to delete data based on keyword, Google product, or type of activity. • Click Delete in the pop-up. All of your Google usage data for most Google products will be deleted. How to turn off Google activity tracking If you don't want to delete your stored Google usage data, but you do want to pause certain tracking aspects, you can. • Visit the My Activity section of your Google account. • Click the menu button on the upper left of your browser window. It's the three hori...

Ever accidentally liked something on social media you didn’t mean to click? Before you panic, That's just one small slice of what websites you visit and services you use collect about you. It’s not just your phone collecting your activity, habits, likes, dislikes, and everything else. Your computer does too. Here's how to check what Microsoft and Apple know about you: Join over 400,000 professionals who start their day with my free email. Use Windows? Without a Microsoft account, you can't register a license key or, in some cases, update your computer. It allows access to all Windows features, functions, and online products like Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Xbox gaming services. If you’ve had the same account for a while, there’s probably a lot of data associated with it. This may include anything from Bing and Cortana searches to Microsoft Edge browsing and services activity. To see what’s there, go to the Turning off data collection What’s the best way to limit the data a company can gather on you? Use privacy settings to limit their reach. Personalized advertising: Microsoft uses your searches and purchase history to serve you with personalized ads. You can turn this off in the privacy dashboard. ◾ Select Privacy > Privacy dashboard. Next, scroll down to Personalized ad settings and click on Review ad settings. Toggle the slider next to See ads that interest you to the left to disable it. Accessing diagnostics from other apps: Unless you turn it off, Microsoft colle...