36 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
What does Google
know about you?
How to check what data Google holds on you –
and what you can do about itI
n order for Google to put a name to you, you have
to have a Google account. Without one Google
may well have anonymous data about you as a
cookie on a laptop- or smartphone browser, but it
is impossible to know what data that is ( just as it is
impossible for Google to know who you are). So all
of the following processes rely on you being logged
into your Google account. I bet you have one, too.
Ever logged in to an Android phone or tablet, used
Gmail, or used YouTube as a registered user?