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Re:Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows ... by hnnnnnnng on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:20PM (#27281228)
They still collect and save all of that information. It's just not displayed to you ;)
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Re:Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows ... by meowfly on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:32PM (#27281411)
I'd be interested in the amount of truth behind this.

It it established Google keeps "shadow" behavioral data that isn't accessible to users?

I'm sure they have some in other systems to some degree (i.e logging).

I just did a takeout for my location history (which I keep off) and it was empty.

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Re:Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows ... by lupire on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:45PM (#27283722)
Do you have any evidence besides "well it's technically possible, and they might be violating GDPR and lying in their product documentation"?
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