{"id":97017,"date":"2016-06-29T12:40:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T10:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97017"},"modified":"2016-06-29T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T10:41:47","slug":"googles-new-myactivity-tool-confirms-that-it-knows-everything-you-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/97017-googles-new-myactivity-tool-confirms-that-it-knows-everything-you-do","title":{"rendered":"Google&#8217;s new MyActivity tool confirms that it knows everything you do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyActivity, a new tool launched on <strong>29 June,<\/strong> lets you see just how much information Google has collected on you.<\/p>\n<p>Any activity performed on an Android phone, apps, and even an innocuous Google search can now be easily tracked and viewed using the tool.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, the new tool also provides a link hub for Google&#8217;s various data-collecting services you can choose to turn on or off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the complete list of everything MyActivity keeps track of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ads<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Android<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Books<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Chrome<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Developers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Express<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Finance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Goggles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Help<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Image Search<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maps<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Now<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Play<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Play Music<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Search<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shopping<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Video Search<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Voice &amp; Audio<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can check out the MyActivity tool for yourself <a href=\"https:\/\/myactivity.google.com\/myactivity\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much does Google know about you? 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