The Comprehensive List of All the Data Google Admits to Collecting from Users
By Danny Dover in the form of a blog post titled ‘The Evil Side of Google? Exploring Google’s User Data Collection’
Cookies and logs are used in addition to the methods used below to track users
Note: a few of the items below require a user to opt in. This information is credited to Danny Dover and Global Security Support is not responsible for its content.
Google (Normal Search)
- Search Engine Result Pages
- Country Code Domain
- Query
- IP address
- Language
- Number of results
- Safe search
- Additional Preferences Can Include
- Street Address
- City
- State
- Zip/Postal Code
- Server Log
- Query
- URL
- IP Address
- Cookie
- Browser
- Date
- Time
- Clicks
Google Personalized Search
- Logs every website visited as a result of a Google Search.
- Content analysis of visited websites
Google Account
- Used as resource to compile information on individual users
- Sign Up
- Sign up date
- Username
- Password
- Alternate E-mail
- Location (Country)
- Personal Picture
- Usage
- Friends
- Google Services Usage
- Amount of Logins
