Waouh! A good thing to know ... and to share. Hey, I may reconsider using Picasa now! Many thanks Mike!
--- On Mon, 3/5/12, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: mike wilson <[email protected]> > Subject: OT Google privacy > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 5, 2012, 7:09 AM > Alban (greetings!) mentioned being > unhappy with the new privacy policy. Here's a > (possible, I haven't tried it) way to turn off at least some > obtrusiveness. > > 1. Go to the google homepage and sign into your account. > 2. Click the dropdown menu next to your name in the > upper-right hand corner of your screen. > 3. Click accounts settings > 4. Find the "Services section" > 5. Under "Services" there is a sub-section that reads "View, > enable, disable web history." Click the link next to it that > reads: "Go to Web History." (Note: When you click "Go to Web > History" you may be taken to a page which gives you the > options "Turn Web History On"/"No Thanks": Click "Turn Web > History On" and you will finally be taken to step 6 below) > 6. Click on "Remove all Web History" > When you click on "Remove all Web History," a message > appears that says " Web History is Paused." What this means > is that while Google will continue gathering and storing > information about your web history it will make all data > anonymous, that is, Google will not associate your Web > History information with your online accounts and will > therefore be unable to send you customized search results. > Google's ability to gather personalized information about > you by assigning data to your Gmail and YouTube accounts > will remain "Paused" till you click "Resume." > > -- No fixed Adobe > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
