Google provides a centralized dashboard (myaccount.google.com) where you can review, edit, download, and delete the personal data Google has collected about you, and control settings like ad personalization and location tracking.
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While Google provides more privacy controls than many companies, these controls require active use — most data collection is on by default, meaning users who do not proactively visit their account settings will have maximum data collection enabled.
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All data collection features — including location history, web and app activity, YouTube history, and ad personalization — are enabled by default for Google account holders, so you must actively visit myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy to review and restrict what Google collects about you.
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"You have choices regarding the information we collect and how it's used. This section describes key controls for managing your privacy across our services. All Google users can access, edit, download, and delete their information by accessing their Google Account. We also built a place for you to review and control information saved in your Google Account. Your Google Account includes: Privacy controls, Activity Controls, Ad Settings, About me, Shared endorsements, Sites and apps that use your Google services.— Excerpt from YouTube Ads's Google Privacy Policy
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: User control mechanisms engage GDPR Arts. 15–22 (data subject rights: access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and rights related to automated decision-making); CCPA/CPRA §§1798.100 (right to know), 1798.105 (right to delete), 1798.110 (right to know categories), 1798.115 (right to know third parties), 1798.120 (right to opt out), and 1798.125 (non-discrimination for exercising rights). The EDPB's guidelines on data subject rights and the California AG/CPPA enforcement guidance are directly applicable.
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While Google provides more privacy controls than many companies, these controls require active use — most data collection is on by default, meaning users who do not proactively visit their account settings will have maximum data collection enabled.
All data collection features — including location history, web and app activity, YouTube history, and ad personalization — are enabled by default for Google account holders, so you must actively visit myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy to review and restrict what Google collects about you.
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