{"id":42900,"title":"What Does Google Know About You?","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2018-08-12T14:04:22+00:00","modified":"2018-08-12T14:10:38+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-does-google-know-about-you/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-does-google-know-about-you.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-does-google-know-about-you.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["Google","Search Engines"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/st-holder.jpg?fit=1536%2C1024&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Data is what fuels the information economy.\n\nAnd while there are many varieties of data clogging up the internet’s bandwidth, there is one specific type of data that is known to be particularly lucrative: [personal data](http://www.visualcapitalist.com/personal-data-ecosystem/).\n\nLike many other enterprising tech giants, Google must accumulate massive amounts of personal data to monetize its services – and in the process, the company develops an astonishingly robust picture of what you’re all about.\n\n## WHAT GOOGLE KNOWS\n\nToday’s infographic comes to us from [TheBestVPN](https://thebestvpn.com/what-does-google-know-about-you/) and it shows what Google knows about you, how the tech giant gathers that information, and a few solutions to stop Google from tracking you.\n\n \n\n[!\\[\\](http://2oqz471sa19h3vbwa53m33yj.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/what-does-google-know-about-you.jpg)](http://www.visualcapitalist.com/what-does-google-know-about-you/)\n\nCourtesy of: [Visual Capitalist](http://www.visualcapitalist.com)\n\n \n\nThrough its various apps and services, Google can craft a robust profile on you and your activity on the internet.\n\nGoogle, like Facebook, uses this personal information to target customized advertisements to you, however you decide to use the internet. This can be via search, mobile phone, Gmail, Youtube, or other apps that run ads connected to the Google network.\n\n## CRAFTING A PERFECT PROFILE\n\nHere is what Google knows about you, based on this information:\n\n**Who You Are**\n\nGoogle knows what you look like, what you sound like, your political and religious beliefs, and how healthy you are. The search giant also knows if you have children, or if you have specific dietary restrictions.\n\n**Where You’ve Been**\n\nGoogle uses location tracking to know where you live, where you work, and everywhere you’ve traveled.\n\n**Who Your Friends Are**\n\nGoogle knows who you talk to, and what you talk about. It also knows who you’ve been with, and when.\n\n**What You Like and Dislike**\n\nBased on your search queries, Google knows the food, books, movies, videos, and stores that you like or dislike.\n\n**Your Future Plans**\n\nYour search queries tell a story about what you are thinking about, including your future plans. Have you started searching for information about parenting techniques? If so, Google knows that you are expecting.\n\n**Your Online Life**\n\nGoogle also knows all of the websites you’ve visited, your data that autofills, and your bookmarked pages.\n\n## OPTING OUT\n\nIf you really want to decrease the amount of data that Google has on you, there are a few options available, including:\n\n- Adjusting privacy settings\n\n- Using private browsing\n\n- Using a different browser for search\n\n- Turning of your location settings\n\n- Deleting your Google accounts\n\n- Using a VPN\n\nOf course, not many of these options are particularly convenient – so get used to the idea that Google will continue to know more and more about you as time goes on.\n\n[Source Link](http://Through%20its%20various%20apps%20and%20services,%20Google%20can%20craft%20a%20robust%20profile%20on%20you%20and%20your%20activity%20on%20the%20internet.%20Google,%20like%20Facebook,%20uses%20this%20personal%20information%20to%20target%20customized%20advertisements%20to%20you,%20however%20you%20decide%20to%20use%20the%20internet.%20This%20can%20be%20via%20search,%20mobile%20phone,%20Gmail,%20Youtube,%20or%20other%20apps%20that%20run%20ads%20connected%20to%20the%20Google%20network.%20CRAFTING%20A%20PERFECT%20PROFILE%20Here%20is%20what%20Google%20knows%20about%20you,%20based%20on%20this%20information:%20Who%20You%20Are%20Google%20knows%20what%20you%20look%20like,%20what%20you%20sound%20like,%20your%20political%20and%20religious%20beliefs,%20and%20how%20healthy%20you%20are.%20The%20search%20giant%20also%20knows%20if%20you%20have%20children,%20or%20if%20you%20have%20specific%20dietary%20restrictions.%20Where%20You’ve%20Been%20Google%20uses%20location%20tracking%20to%20know%20where%20you%20live,%20where%20you%20work,%20and%20everywhere%20you’ve%20traveled.%20Who%20Your%20Friends%20Are%20Google%20knows%20who%20you%20talk%20to,%20and%20what%20you%20talk%20about.%20It%20also%20knows%20who%20you’ve%20been%20with,%20and%20when.%20What%20You%20Like%20and%20Dislike%20Based%20on%20your%20search%20queries,%20Google%20knows%20the%20food,%20books,%20movies,%20videos,%20and%20stores%20that%20you%20like%20or%20dislike.%20Your%20Future%20Plans%20Your%20search%20queries%20tell%20a%20story%20about%20what%20you%20are%20thinking%20about,%20including%20your%20future%20plans.%20Have%20you%20started%20searching%20for%20information%20about%20parenting%20techniques?%20If%20so,%20Google%20knows%20that%20you%20are%20expecting.%20Your%20Online%20Life%20Google%20also%20knows%20all%20of%20the%20websites%20you’ve%20visited,%20your%20data%20that%20autofills,%20and%20your%20bookmarked%20pages.%20OPTING%20OUT%20If%20you%20really%20want%20to%20decrease%20the%20amount%20of%20data%20that%20Google%20has%20on%20you,%20there%20are%20a%20few%20options%20available,%20including:%20Adjusting%20privacy%20settings%20Using%20private%20browsing%20Using%20a%20different%20browser%20for%20search%20Turning%20of%20your%20location%20settings%20Deleting%20your%20Google%20accounts%20Using%20a%20VPN%20Of%20course,%20not%20many%20of%20these%20options%20are%20particularly%20convenient%20–%20so%20get%20used%20to%20the%20idea%20that%20Google%20will%20continue%20to%20know%20more%20and%20more%20about%20you%20as%20time%20goes%20on.)\n\n![](http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/bb18798e371a5d8fd8e52038cd5d1008?s=200&r=pg&d=mm)\n\n[JEFF DESJARDINS](http://www.visualcapitalist.com/author/visualcapitali/)\n\nJeff is the Editor-in-Chief of Visual Capitalist, a media site that creates and curates visuals on business and investing. He has been quoted or featured on Business Insider, Forbes, CNBC, MarketWatch, The Huffington Post, The World Economic Forum, and Fast Company.\n\n- [WEBSITE](http://www.visualcapitalist.com/)\n\n \n\n "}