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When Google's not tracking what sites users visit online so it can target-marketthem, its snoopy Street View cars are driving around and sniffing unsecured wireless networks and their passwords, usernames, and private email.
But here's something else Google knows about us: even though 93% of us think it's important to control access to our personal information, and in spite of the fact that 90% of us care about the type of information that's collected about us, a measly 9% of us feel we have "a lot" of control over our data, according to a recent Pew study.
Well, Google wants to change that feeling of helplessness, it says.
That's why the company announced on Monday that it had launched My Account, a new dashboard designed to make it easier for users to control the settings related to their privacy and data.
As well, Google launched a new site that answers questions about privacy and security.
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
When Google's not tracking what sites users visit online so it can target-marketthem, its snoopy Street View cars are driving around and sniffing unsecured wireless networks and their passwords, usernames, and private email.
But here's something else Google knows about us: even though 93% of us think it's important to control access to our personal information, and in spite of the fact that 90% of us care about the type of information that's collected about us, a measly 9% of us feel we have "a lot" of control over our data, according to a recent Pew study.
Well, Google wants to change that feeling of helplessness, it says.
That's why the company announced on Monday that it had launched My Account, a new dashboard designed to make it easier for users to control the settings related to their privacy and data.
As well, Google launched a new site that answers questions about privacy and security.
Learn more:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/