‘Location History’ tracks your movements – again, on whatever device you use with a Google account – and ‘YouTube History’ logs every video you’ve ever watched. This includes ‘Web & App Activity’, which refers to the data Google collects on how you use its many apps and websites, both on your Android phone and any other devices. From here, tap on ‘Data & personalization’ and then head to the section marked ‘Activity controls’.

Go to Accounts in Settings – if you don’t see this option, it may be under ‘Users and accounts’. Instead, your best option is to limit the data the Mountain View megacorp is able to collect. This would make for a very dumb smartphone. However, do this and you’d never be able to download any apps onto your device – the Play Store requires a Google Account – or back it up. Technically, you could use your Android phone without having a Google Account you could simply ignore the prompt to create an account when you set up your phone.

It’s also what gives the search giant a window into your world. The tech giant then syncs this data across all these devices, so it's accessible wherever you are. It’s what you use to log into Google services – from your email and calendar to your photos – on your PC, phone and tablet.

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