How to find out what Google

 knows about you and 

limit the data it collects

• Google collects a lot of your personal data in order to target ads and improve your experience.

• You might be surprised by how much Google knows about you.

• This page will show you what Google tracks, what it knows about you, and how to limit what data is stored.

•  If you use Google products, such as Gmail, Google Search or even an Android phone, the company is collecting your data to make its services better for end users.

Google knows the following about you:

• Your name, gender and birthdate
• Your personal cellphone numbers
• Your recent Google searches
• The websites you have visited
• Exactly where you have been over the past several years.
• Where you work
• Where you live
• The YouTube videos you have watched and your YouTube searches
• Every time you have used your voice to interact with Google Assistant (complete with recordings of your voice.)

Find out what ad topics Google thinks you're most interested in:

• First, make sure you're logged into your Google Account and then tap this link to Manage Ads Settings, which shows exactly what topics Google thinks you like. you'll see your gender, age and ads you've blocked.

•  How to limit this information: On the top of the Manage Ads Settings Page, toggle the button to turn off "Ads Personalization."

Find out where Google knows you've been:

•  Google's Location History page shows a complete guide to everywhere you've been, in addition to your home and work, which you may have saved in Google Maps. 

•  How to limit this information: On the bottom of the "Location History Page" tap "Pause Location History."

See your Google Activity:

•  Google stores data on the voice actions you've requested from Google Assistant, whether on a smartphone or Google Home, as well as the sites you visited. Visit the Google My Activity page to see your own history.

•   How to limit this information: Visit    the Google Web & Activity Page  and click  "manage activity." To limit what Google stores.

 See your YouTube Activity:

•  Google keeps tabs on your YouTube Search and YouTube Watch history. 

•  You can see exactly what Google knows  you've watched or searched for on YouTube by clicking either of those links. 

You can limit what Google keeps:

•  Want to limit what Google can find and share about you beyond the links provided above? Be sure to use its Privacy Checkup tool. 

•  You can also Visit the Activity page and toggle everything off, so that Google stops checking in on your location, device information, web & app activity, voice & audio activity, YouTube Search and Watch history and more.