Google Privacy Issues: Web History

[anjak_j]

If you are going to do this, you need to do it before March 1st. It has been said that users will not be able to do anything about this after that date.With reference to Google's policy changes and how everything you do with your Google account will be tied together into their super-cauldron of information, you will probably want to clear your

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[_inbetween_]

Now your link doesn't work for me, invalid (I don't need it, just saying, oh interbutz)

[anjak_j]

Was it a 404 or did you just get taken to the sign-in page at Google?

[_inbetween_]

Neither, "invalid".

[anjak_j]

Weird. Now that I'm signed out, I just get a log-in pages.

On the other hand, I kept getting a load of 400 - Bad Request pages from Google earlier, when I was tinkering around in my settings...

[stephmariemarsh]

this is actually helpful, I have some friends who have gmail, I will send this info to them :)

[anjak_j]

I hope it is of use to your friends. This new privacy policy bites.

[tipsywitch]

Thank you Dear! *hugs*

[anjak_j]

You're welcome. *snuggles*

[hova4life]

Thanks for the heads up!

[anjak_j]

You're welcome. =)

[quidditchkiss]

I don't think I ever turned on web history because I got the page where you choose 'No thanks' or 'Turn on web history'. I wanted to be sure though so I went to the page where you can remove all web history and it just directed back to the page where you choose 'No thanks' or 'Turn on'. SO, I'm assuming I'm good? I never saw the button to actively Remove web history, so I'm assuming as I never turned it on in the first place I have nothing to worry about?

Thanks for the tip!

[anjak_j]

Yep, it sounds like you're sorted.

You're welcome - Google's new privacy policy sucks. If I didn't hate Yahoo and Hotmail's email web interfaces so much, I'd have shut my account.