It seems that after the French Supreme Court rejected Google's appeal on the use of its users' data and imposed a millionaire fine, the development teams rushed to solve the problem with the use of their users' data.
It is common knowledge that Google allows the use of several of its services completely free of charge, but we know that this collects a lot of data.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has now announced that the company is making some changes to the way the tech giant handles new user data.
Going forward, Google will implement different privacy updates, which will help control the data being shared with the company more efficiently.
The type of data varies from Google logs, search history, location history, YouTube history, location history, and voice commands via Google Assistant on the My Activities page.
The company introduced an option last year to automatically delete data every 3 months or 18 months for new and existing users.
The feature will now be enabled by default for all new users. When the feature is turned off, Google still automatically deletes search history, location history and voice commands automatically for new users every 18 months by default.
Additionally, YouTube search history will be programmed to automatically delete after three years. The company claims this is to ensure it "continues to make relevant entertainment recommendations" as user preferences change over time.
These newly introduced privacy options will not yet be enabled by default on existing Google accounts, but Google says it will increase how often the option is promoted across affected services. To keep the promotional message from becoming onerous, users can adjust the reminder frequency on the Activity Controls page.
Also to help existing Google Account users control their privacy settings, Google says it will make it easier for users to access their Account controls.
This can be done simply by searching the keywords "Google Privacy Checkup" and "Is my Google account secure?" to gain access to a box with your privacy and security settings.
Also, Google is releasing a shortcut to easily enter incognito mode. This can be done by pressing your profile picture by pressing Google Search, Maps and also YouTube.
