We’ve all been stalked by a pair of shoes — or a sports team jersey or whatever online store you browse in your free time. You know, the item that you look at once and then it follows you around the internet for days. Even worse was when it was a gift you bought for someone else (that secretly isn’t your taste) or someone else used your computer.

But once you get over the creep factor, it makes you wonder who does Google think you are? And more importantly, what exactly does Google know about you? For a peek behind the curtain into the type of data Google collects, check out this recent Guardian article.

Use Google’s My Activity Tool

Surprisingly, Google makes it very easy to see exactly what the search engine knows about you. Log into your Google account and go to Google’s My Activity Tool. At first it just looks like a glorified browsing history, but when you dig deeper you will see that it includes exactly what products you looked at, ads you clicked on, every term you searched and all your calendar data.

And if you have the Location History turned on from your mobile device, you can even see every place you have visited. And you thought the shoes following you around the internet was creepy.

If you want to download the data instead of just look at it, go to the Download Your Data Page and select the type of data — including Google Drive activity, Maps, YouTube and Calendar.

But before you leave the tool, be sure to delete the data Google knows about you. Click on the menu in the top right corner, select Delete Activity, in the Delete By Date field select All time, and then click Delete.

Give Google Less Information About You

If you are a bit disconcerted by how much Google knows about you, the next thing you should do is change your settings — so Google gathers less data about you and your activities. Head back to the Google Activity Control Page and turn off any type of Activity you don’t want saved. When you’re done, click the Pause button and you will become at least a little more of a stranger to Google.

Privacy settings and data collection tactics change all the time. Check Google’s settings regularly, and keep an eye your on this blog for news that will help you stay in control of your own data.

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