Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks for the reminder, baileydog. I'm sure Google knows enough about all of us already, without helping them even more. On a lighter note: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2012/03/01/vatican-defies-critics-over-new-simplified-privacy-policy/ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted March 6, 2012 A useful link, for those who care about this: how to clear your web history in Google. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chanel Reign 28097 Report post Posted March 6, 2012 Google has been thoroughly chastised by me regarding this issue. I have striped my accounts down to nothing, paused web history, and I sent them nasty but useless feedback regarding their privacy policies. However, it is suspected that if you you use .ca and not .com there is a difference. Having my ear to the track I have heard rumours that Harper is looking into this. I find that odd after pulling the Big Brother C-30 fiasco, but perhaps it's damage control? This happened with Facebook a couple of years ago when they changed something and our govt stepped in. Maybe this time they will too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted March 7, 2012 Google has been thoroughly chastised by me regarding this issue. I have striped my accounts down to nothing, paused web history, and I sent them nasty but useless feedback regarding their privacy policies. I'm too lazy to send feedback, but denying them their data is the nastiest thing you can do to them - that's their lifeblood! So obviously I do that too. The other thing you can do is kill off their cookies as often as possible - they use those to track you as a unique user even if you're not logged in. I hae my browsers set up to delete all cookies on exit.. The downside of this is that you have to log into everything again every time you do this, but I can live with that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chanel Reign 28097 Report post Posted March 7, 2012 The other thing you can do is kill off their cookies as often as possible - they use those to track you as a unique user even if you're not logged in. I hae my browsers set up to delete all cookies on exit.. The downside of this is that you have to log into everything again every time you do this, but I can live with that. I have it set to delete everything when my browser closes. I have for a very long time. Its a pain, but.... C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
