How to Clear Your Search History From Google Servers With the Latest Company Update
Google, one of the largest custodians of our personal data , has just updated Google Search , also known as Google-dot-com, to make it easier for you to view and edit the search data stored by the company. The Google search page now has a link below the search bar that takes you straight to the new Data Privacy Center, which allows you to view and remove portions of entire bars of your search history. It also gives you easy access to Google-scale controls such as tracking activity on Google sites and personalizing ads .
To be clear, these are all the controls that we could already access through the Google account settings menu. The amount of data that the company collects and our ability to influence it have not changed. However, for users who are concerned about data privacy for the first time or simply want to delete our search history frequently, this feature makes the process faster and easier to understand.
The new security link is currently available on the web and mobile versions of the Google search page, but in a blog post, Keyword Google said it plans to add similar links to the Google iOS and Android app in the “coming weeks.” starting with Google Maps in 2019.
Data privacy is on everyone’s mind. While this is not much progress in terms of our level of control, making it simple and clear that protecting your data can and should become a habit is a small step in the right direction. If only Facebook followed suit.