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  Google on Thursday announced a pair of new tools for its flagship iOS app that adds an extra layer of protection to saved search histories and allows users to quickly delete recent search data with the tap of a button. Announced in a blog post, the new search history protection feature restricts access to My Activity in the Google app. That section stores a users search history, or what Google calls "Web & App Activity." When the setting is enabled, additional information like an account p...

Google introduces new tools to protect search histories on iOS Google on Thursday announced a pair of new tools for its flagship iOS app that adds an extra layer of protection to saved search histories and allows users to quickly delete recent search data with the tap of a button. Announced in a blog post, the new search history protection feature restricts access to My Activity in the Google app. That section stores a users search history, or what Google calls "Web & App ...

Google is no stranger to questionable privacy procedures, with numerous concerns raised over its data-collection methods in the past few years. While Facebook and Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, have faced similar accusations, new technology for Google Assistant makes it entirely possible for the devices to listen in on conversations without your knowledge. Of course, Google has strongly denied this happens. But during a recent parliament sitting with an IT panel in India, the company ...

Big Tech has a big hold on our lives, and resentment is growing. If youve about had it, you have great choices outside of the Google sphere.

If you are an Android user then you would have made use of Google Assistant at some point of time, if not regularly. For that, Google records your voice to provide you with the answers to your query. If you wish to listen to your voice recordings done by Google through its AI voice assistant, here is how you can do it on your phone.

In recently unredacted court documents from the Arizona Attorney General’s lawsuit against Google has revealed how obsessed Google is with users’ location information. Digital Content Next’s CEO, Jason Kint, wrote a long Twitter threadthat basically highlighted some of the juicy bits from the docume

| Note to IT: Google really wants its privacy settings left alone Its deeply unsurprising that newly-released information from the Attorney Generals office for Arizona — released when a judge agreed to unseal some of the data — shows Google trying to hide privacy settings and tracking users after they chose to not be tracked. The biggest difference in business models between mobile giants Google and Apple is that Apple sells hardware and software whereas Google sells information. So...

You can set up automatic deletion of your Google Assistant data so Google automatically purges data every 3, 18, or 36 months. We'll show you how!

Google has tracked users on the internet for years. At least one state’s attorney general has finally had enough and decided to take the tech giant to court for its “deceptive and unfair business practices.”

Google has added a verification option to its My Activity page, which shows what anyone who’s logged in has done across Google services and devices. The optional feature can require a password before showing any history.