Like Facebook, Google has been harassed by privacy advocates to improve its data collection policies and has been particularly criticized for indefinitely retaining users' location information on its servers. In response, Google is gradually making changes to its otherwise nebulous data collection protocols, giving users more power over the private information stored by the company. Tech giant Alphabet has joined forces by announcing that in the future, users will have the option to automatically delete their online history after a period of time. < p class="bordeaux-image-check">
The automatic opt-out, according to Google, will allow users to choose a wait time of three or eighteen months for data collected by the search giant, including previous searches and online activities on the sites. Owned by Google, installing Android apps, etc. usage, and information collected through the location history feature of Google search and Google Maps. The commands will be available in the account settings panel, in the Activity history and Web and App location sections. Google's announcement indicates that the automatic deletion feature will roll out in the coming weeks and that it "goes first" in the web and historical sections of places, which implies that we could see s & # 39; apply to other Google services in the future.