How Google spies on you round the clock (Infographic)

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There is no uncertainty in saying that, in the contemporaneous age of internet, one cannot advantage the luxury of privacy. It is becoming somewhat impossible with the development in technology. You may get the impression that it is safe to save all of your personal data and information which comprise all of your pictures, videos and other documents in Google Drive.

But only till you realize that it is not only you who can access all of your personal stuff. Your data might be secure from everyone else, but it is not at all safe from the one technology giant i.e. Google itself.

Google Incorporation keeps an eye on all of your web activities to judge your personality and from your own profile, and perhaps to “facilitate” your browsing activity. Unreasonable, isn’t it? Yeah, undoubtedly. But the thing is that you cannot think of living without this tech giant. It completes your life, doesn’t it?

Here are some of the methods Google Inc. keeps an eye on your data without you even knowing:

Email accounts

The emails you send or receive using your Google account are all easily reachable for the tech giant, Google. Google has elucidated its email scanning practices in terms of service update, and informing users that incoming and outgoing emails are scrutinized by automated software.

“We want our policies to be simple and easy for users to understand. These changes will give people even greater clarity and are based on feedback we’ve received over the last few months,” said a Google spokeswoman.

“This is not the worst thing Google does,” said Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group. “But like anything like this, if people are concerned about it, they should be able to completely switch it off if they want to.”

Search terms

Just as a reminder, your search history does not remain only with you. Google is well cognizant of whatever you search for in the Google search box. But unfortunately, it is impossible for us to stop using the search box Google offers us.

Websites visited

What about the range of plentiful websites which you visited? Obviously, Google knows all about that too. It has got a complete record of whatever sites you’ve ever visited.

While browsing data is aggregated differently than information from Google services, if you visit sites running Google Ads or Google Analytics software, Google also by and large knows what you look at and what you click.

Android device

Your very own android device is revealing all of your personal stuff to Google as you breathe. It is assuredly a postern for Google to know all about you. Google could be tracking and recording every one of your locations on your Android device, and you may not even know it!

Web apps

Google judges you by the type of applications you install and use on your phone, and for which resolutions. Yes, Google discerns it all.

Social media accounts

Whatever social media account you are using, be it Facebook, Twitter or Google+, the tech giant checks out all of your goings-on in all of your accounts.

Online shopping history

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