Registered users are offered overview of their user data in Google services.
Google Dashboard is a new feature from Google that said the announcement will make it easier for registered Google users to view and manage data associated with your account.
It has never been any secret that Google stores a lot of data about users. The question is whether the company has so much to gain by keeping the data collected secret to users.
Different type of data stored in the different Google products. For example, sent and received e-mails and drafts, attachments, and chat history are stored in Gmail. If you choose to turn on the Web History feature, the search history is stored. This will provide more personalized search results, but also more personalized ads on the sides.
Google Dashboard collects the company says that data on a transparent area.
- We see this as a big step toward giving people transparency and control over their data, and hope this will help to shape how the industry thinks about these topics. It is important that people are aware of what data they have online, and that they can control this data. Google Dashboard will help to ensure that this becomes a reality, "said Alma Whitten, Software Engineer Wed Privacy and Safety at Google, in a press release.
Google Dashboard was developed by the developer groups in Munich and Zurich, and is currently available in 17 languages.
There is still a part of Google's services that are not included in the Google Dashboard. This includes Google Analytics, the Android Market Publisher Site, Google Map Maker, Local Business Center, Google Maps, Google News, Google Notebook, Google Subscribed Links, Google Squared, 3D Warehouse, Google Wave and Website Optimizer.
