How google uses your data to improve Gmail experience

Google improves Gmail experience

Google uses your data to improve Gmail experience, and this makes web activity (especially with Google Chrome browser) seamless. Without your data collection by Google, Gmail wouldn’t have grown to enjoy 22% of the email market share. Through the use of web cookies that monitor IP addresses, users’ offline and online locations are determined.

Google permissions

When you download apps, you grant permission for this software to access your mail, calendar, SMS inbox, pictures, songs and every little detail on your device. On your Google account page, you can view a list of sites and applications. It doesn’t matter how long ago you granted permission to these apps, the parts of your account they have access to will show.

You are likely to give your friends’ data to Google (unknowingly) if you grant these apps permission to your Google Calendar. Every second that goes by sees an array of Google apps like location data, Gmail sign-in, Chrome, Maps and other Android-based tools analyzing and collecting users’ data. Most times users of these apps get tired of granting permission.

Google users opt for one-time permission that removes any restriction to their user experience. Similarly, Google wants to be able to access your data permanently. Although the use of people’s data is not restricted to Google, other social media platforms use your data to improve their business experience. But Google is one of the smartest; they poke their noses on the activities of internet users that are signed up with them.

How to remove personal information from Google

If you feel that so much sensitive information has been passed on the internet from your device, you can ask the Webmaster on Google to remove them. The internet is a wide web where users take undue advantage of all sensitive personal information.

These pieces of information range from a sexually explicit image, handwritten signature, credit card and bank details. You will be shocked that Google announced they have about 70% of debit card and credit transactions in the U.S. What is more shocking is that through partnerships, Google can also access your data from third-parties like data companies. For those details that may have slipped off your device without your permission; remove them from Google search results by requesting from the website owner (webmaster).

How to block your information on Google

All internet users, no matter how circumspect they may be, have left their virtual imprints everywhere online. In a bid to improve the user’s interface, data companies like Google hoard up vital personal information. It is better for every internet user to take caution than blocking their information on Google. The ability to communicate via Gmail or surf the internet via Chrome will be adversely affected if their data is completely blocked by Google. If we take the case of Facebook and the data of over fifty million American users that found their way to Cambridge Analytica, this experience is enough to scare internet users. Here are some ways to block your information on Google.
1. Deactivate your web service accounts, shopping, and social network data (like; LinkedIn, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, Instagram, Twitter, and other platforms). This means you are ready to transform into a ‘Robinson Crusoe.’
2. Deactivate your personal information from data collection sites (like; Whitepages.com, Yellowpages, PeopleFinder, and other sites). You might not have all the time in the world to carry out a delisting. Use the paid services of DeleteMe at Abine.com; they will go through all those monotonous stress for you.
3. Delete personal info from online forums and websites.
4. Close your email accounts.

Does Google sell data

To constantly improve your experience with any Android-based app, Google tells you upon agreeing to their terms that data is being collected. It is necessary that you own an account with them before you enjoy their apps. Your Gmail account is a basic requirement and gateway to personal data. But Google claims the business is not for selling (but sharing) data, but for showing ads on partners’ websites. The big question is; as personal data are not sold by Google, can their partners (third-party) make the same claim?

Google privacy policy

Google’s privacy policy is not hidden for users to see. In their privacy policy, Google claims that if the company is sold, Google and its subsidiary will be notified in advance of any privacy policy changes. Google claims that by this advanced notification, there will be a chance to remove users’ data from its servers.

Conclusion

It is difficult to use all access points of Google and not fall prey to Google’s surreptitious ways of collecting users’ data daily. If you use an Android device offline, Google still has some great deal of ingenuity that retrieves your physical location with the use of nearby cell towers. Through daily app usage, texts, and calls, location tracking goes on. To deactivate location tracking on your Android device, go to ‘Settings.’ You will find the ‘Location’ section, then turn-off the slider.

If you use an iOS device, you will need to turn off all location tracking sources manually. Locate all the apps on your device by accessing the App Manager, then turn off location tracking button. Also, Google uses ‘implicit location information,’ to track where users have visited, and send targeted ads to these users. There is surely no hiding place when Google uses your data to improve Gmail experience.

When you visit Amazon online store and add your purchases to their wish list or pay for goods, your address privacy is shared with Google immediately. Don’t be surprised when you receive ads from third-party concerning where you have shopped online; that’s technology at play!

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