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Do you have any idea just how much Google knows about you? Here's how to find out what data Google collects.

Google and the other Silicon Valley Masters of the Universe have built their empires based on surveillance capitalism — the practice of sucking up every detail of users' private lives for use in targeted advertising. Although data collection goes hand-in-hand with the use of modern technology, there are some things we can do to slow down Google's ability to track our every move. In this article we'll give you easy steps to shut down three of Google's most common trackers.

Google knows a ton of information about you. Here are a few settings to change to take back some of your privacy.