Google holds 10 times the amount of data that Facebook has on you

Not only Facebook but other large technology companies such as Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are tracking and collecting users' personal information. Recent reports show that Google holds 10 times as much data about you as you have about Facebook.

Web developer Dylan Curran has accessed the "My Account" section on the user account management page and downloaded the data file provided by Google to know how much data the technology giant owns about him. . Whether this file is as well as the file that Facebook will provide to the user if asked to contain the full information they hold between them, no one knows.

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But Curran said, the file containing his data from Google weighs 5.5GB, nearly 10 times the file he downloaded from Facebook. The number and type of data contained in the file shows that in addition to tracking the activities of Google users, they also track the location of users standing and traveling in real life through their smartphone or tablet.

These locations include the places he used to go in everyday life, the places he traveled, the places he went on trips, the way he went there and returned home.

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These are not new because we all know that through the Location History feature, Google can track and create a step-by-step map of your country. To turn off this tracking feature of Google, you can access the timeline and customize it there.

Even, Google stores user data even when they browse the web in incognito mode (Incognito) - a mode advertised not to save browsing history!

Like other major technology firms, Google collects user information for sale to third-party advertising partners. In Google's policy there are: " We can show others public information. on your Google Profile (like name and photo) if the person already has your email address, or other information used to identify you . "

The 3 main categories of data collection are also listed in Google's policy: The things you do; what you create; and things that define who you are.

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However, users may also restrict Google from collecting your personal information by:

1. Turn off location tracking, turn off voice search, and other features.
2. Adjust individual settings.
3. Change public records.
4. Delete all your data.

Although deleting this data cannot stop the data mining problem, it can show technology companies that users have paid more attention to the consequences of a technocratic industry trying to find a way. personalize monitoring / tracking activities.

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