Dashboard Reveals What Google Knows About You

CWmike writes "Ever wonder exactly what Google knows about you? Google took a step today to answer that question with the unveiling of Google Dashboard, which is designed to let users see and control the copious amounts of data that Google has stored in its servers about them. 'Over the past 11 years, Google has focused on building innovative products for our users. Today, with hundreds of millions of people using those products around the world, we are very aware of the trust that you have placed in us, and our responsibility to protect your privacy and data,' Google said in a blog post today. 'In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we've built the Google Dashboard.' Dashboard is set up so that users can control the personal settings in each Google product that they use. Google said the tool supports more than 20 products, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts and Google Latitude. Consumer Watchdog said in a statement today that it applauds Google for giving users a single place to go to manage their data. But at the same tine, the group also came down hard on Google, contending that it needs to give users a vehicle for stopping the company from collecting any personal data."

How to prevent companies from collecting data...

[t33jster]

the group also came down hard on Google, contending that it needs to give users a vehicle for stopping the company from collecting any personal data.

1. I'm going to patent 'not using a company's products and services' in order to prevent them from collecting data.
2. License my fantastic invention
3. Profit!!

More like what Google THINKS it knows

[Anonymous Coward]

I would say only about 5% of my Google searches are something that pertain to me. The rest are queries to answer questions others have asked, or nonsense searches triggered by external events - random words heard on the radio, items from junk mail my uncle sends, stuff from the newspaper.

I clear my cache often, and often search for the equal and opposite of what I want to know about. Search for elder care, followed by kindergartens, then diabetes tests and discount candy bars.

Let's add another hole.

[pspahn]

Headline reads:
Starbucks wifi user identity stolen when rogue AP steals dashboard info.

Mottos

[gmuslera]

Slashdot: New for nerds, stuff that matters

Google Dashboard: All your data are belong to us

Re:Mottos

[Sparx139]

Somebody set up us the google bomb.

Re:Dashboard reveals what they want to

[syousef]

What I really wanted to know is how much information they keep when I occasionally perform search using Google while being logged into Google

In other words, you want to know if they're logging your porn searches ;-)

Re:More like what Google THINKS it knows

[Anonymous Coward]

And from that I can tell you are an old diabetic pedophile looking for children, but health conscious about what candy bars you give to them.

Re:Let's add a link.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Belgium it insists on displaying everything in Dutch. "

No wonder, its because they have a common border with the bloody dutch...

It's Friday morning

[The name is Dave. Ja]

But at the same tine, the ...

I guess we'll see a fork coming soon.

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