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For All Web Surfers - How To Help Counter Google's New Privacy Rules

By
Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty

With Google's new privacy rules going into effect next month (which is only days away), it might be a good time to hop into your Google account and turn off your web browsing history collection - oh, you didn't know you had one?  Yep, it's true. 

Google wil be importing your browsing history into it's other applications, this after years and years of withholding that data separately within the search application.  But how to protect?  Google itself has a one-click solution that's easy to get to and turn off your Google web history.  Gizmodo does the best job of explaining it so here's the link:

http://gizmodo.com/5887967/how-to-remove-your-google-search-history-before-googles-new-privacy-policy-takes-effect

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Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

Oh my -- thanks for the heads up on this one.  I am not sure there is any hope for privacy any more.

Feb 26, 2012 12:02 PM
Janice Roosevelt
Keller Williams Brandywine Valley - West Chester, PA
OICP ABR, ePRO,Ecobroker

Jeff, I kep seeing the notice pop up - but didn't pay attention, Thanks for this info. I am rebloggig with your persmission.

Feb 29, 2012 07:06 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for your suggestion.  All of us need to be very much aware that most of our internet activities will not be private.

Have an outstanding week.

Feb 29, 2012 07:22 PM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

I actually find the Google history helpful for finding past engagements, images, photos, etc. 

 

Feb 29, 2012 07:23 PM
Phil Leng
Retired - Kirkland, WA
Phil Leng - Retired

Hi Jeff,

I just did.

Thanks for the info.

The instructions were clear.

Thanks

Phil

Feb 29, 2012 07:29 PM