After the 26 millionth tweet calling out Google privacy concerns, Google is finally taking some action. It’s better to stop collecting data, what are you crazy about? But by giving users a central place to manage important settings related to privacy, security, and general account management.
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How is this a big deal? As you can see, Google’s ability to provide users with powerful tools for data management is inversely proportional to Google’s data collection skills. Now, however, they seem to be trying, a little. So you will find all security related settings in a simple way Security check screen. The new one My account will give you options to handle everything related to your Google account on a long scrolling page.
Yes, that’s a lot of things. That’s why we’re happy to guide you through this.
Google + Privacy = Complicated: If it feels like we’re in a constant battle when it comes to Google and privacy. We love using all of Google’s services, but it would be great if they stopped being so scary. But of course, if they stopped doing that, there would be no Google. So we try to play the compromise game by deleting the location data Google has about us and disabling features like personalized advertising. But we can’t always win. After all, without scanning there is no Google Photos.
Use my account
If you want to manage anything related to your Google account, just point your browser to myaccount.google.com. It’s a mobile-friendly, material-designed, simple-to-use page that controls every aspect of your Google account.
Let’s take a look at the sections.
1. Login & Security
Sign in to Google: Here you can see the last time you changed your password, app passwords, 2-step verification settings, and default account recovery settings for email and phone. Just click Editor button to change any of them.
Device notifications & activity: See all devices currently connected to your account. Click on a device for more information and to track it from Android Device Manager or remove it from your account.
Connected apps and websites: See all services that can access your Google account and revoke access if necessary.
2. Personal information & privacy
From here, you can edit all the personal information Google has about you. Includes name, phone number, Google+ settings, Ad confirmation, etc. This is also where you can turn off privacy settings like web history, location history, voice search history, history YouTube, etc. We’ve covered all of these settings in detail in our Privacy Checkup guide.
Account overview: This will take you to a dashboard where you can see details about your Google account like the number of documents you have, emails, etc.
Control your content: From here you can download all the data in your Google account with one click and designate an account trustee who can download all the data when you stop using the account.
3. Account Options
From here, you can view and change the default language in Google and the default input tools. You’ll also quickly see your Google Drive storage. Click Editor to view a pie chart and to upgrade to a larger storage tier.
Finally, if you want to say goodbye to Google for some reason, this is where you need to go. At the bottom of the page, you’ll see an option called Delete your account or service that will allow you to delete all the videos you have uploaded to YouTube, delete your Google+ profile and information, and also delete your Google account and all the data inside.
Security check
1. Check your recovery information
To be safe, your Google account should always have an active backup email as well. This will be the primary way to recover your Google account in case you forget your password or get hacked.
You can also add a recovery phone number. This will be your default phone number if you are using Google services on your Android/iOS phone.
2. Check your connected devices
There’s not much to see here. It’s a list of all the devices currently connected to the Google account. But it’s also a good place to make sure that an old device you no longer control or just a random device doesn’t access your account. It can be a good way to detect malicious activity. If you find any problem, click Something seems wrong and you will be asked to change your password.
3. Check your account permissions
When you sign up for apps or services with your Google account, you give them access to specific parts of your Google account. They will never see sensitive information like your password but they will get information like your name, age and some can also access all your email. You will see all the information a service has when you click the down arrow button.
When you grant these permissions, it’s because you want to test a new service or think an extension will make your life better. But the funny thing about trying new things is that you often forget about it after a week or two.
In this list, you’ll likely find many services that you no longer use but still have access to your email, name, and other types of personal information. If they don’t help you or for some reason they become malicious, just click To move and their access will be revoked immediately.
4. Check your app password
This is an oddly set setting and only applies to users who have accessed and generated app-specific passwords. App-specific passwords are useful for services like Apple Mail and many others that don’t support 2-step verification from Google.
5. Check your 2-step verification settings
As we discussed before, 2-Step Verification is the best thing you can do to make your Google account as secure as possible. If you don’t know what it is and how to use it, check out our guide here.
As a regular 2-step verification user, I’m glad there’s now an easy way to change these settings. Before, I had to log in with a completely different site, which was a mess.
There’s now one place to toggle your default 2-step verification delivery method, see all devices using it, and quickly access backup codes (we recommend saving them somewhere). safe).
That’s it, you’ve completed the Security Checkup, now go and do the same for your privacy settings using our guide here.
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