Living in the Information Age is not just about the volume of news and content that Internet users consume. One of the main materials of value today is data, information from citizens. When accessing a website or using an application, the user is providing various data that are stored. This is what happens when using Google, for example. Personal information and your location is being stored by the company.
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Therefore, a very common question is: how to have more privacy on the internet? Basically, all digital actions are connected to the network and, for the majority, authorizations must be granted.
Whether it's time to accept cookies from a website, or installing software that needs permissions. For almost everything, Internet users need to grant private data and access.
An application used very, very often is Google Maps.
In fact, most people keep it active 24/7 on their cell phone. All the while, Google is “tracking” your location. The company knows exactly where you are, or at least where your device is.However, it is possible to delete most of the stored information and get a little more privacy. Know that on Android, Google monitoring is enabled by default. On Apple devices, Google programs must be installed for the feature to work.
How to find stored data
On the website “My Activity” (or “My Activity) (https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity), is the information that Google has stored. By logging in to the site, it is possible to supposedly have access to all data collected and stored. By the way, access it from the desktop to see the information more clearly.
Don't be impressed by the number of data. On a quiet day, without leaving home and doing much, Google could have collected hundreds of data about you.
Among the information collected are: your location history, searches performed, areas of the map you looked at, etc. The positive point is that the process of deleting information is quite simple.
location history
Open your Google Maps timeline. Then tap Delete. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
It is possible to delete all content from a year, a month or days ago, just select the desired option.
Prevent data collection
To block Google from collecting your data, access the “Location History” area. Just enable or disable the option.
