Sarah is a freelance writer and CNET How To blogger. Her main focus is Windows, but she also covers everything from mobile tech to video games to DIY hardware projects. She likes to press buttons and ...

Internet users, beware: Google is always watching. Most of us use Google for almost everything: Navigation, scheduling, shopping, games, research, and of course ...

Your Google account can store a lot of information about the websites you visit or searches you make. The My Activity tool allows you to manage and delete that data with a few taps. Using one of the ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

Google's new My Activity tool gives you a better picture than ever before of your digital tracks, but it still doesn't tell you everything. WSJ's Nathan Olivarez-Giles explains how it works—and where ...

Google now allows you to password-protect your Google account's My Activity page so that others sharing your device can't snoop on your online activity. When you use Google products, such as Google ...

When was the last time you checked your Google account activity? Most people feel they don't need to or don't know they can. They assume everything's fine if they don't get suspicious emails or ...

Google is intimately familiar with all the things you like or do or think. When you search for something, use Gmail, watch videos on YouTube, or conduct any other type of activity through a Google ...

Privacy is a heavy-handed topic, and for a good reason. When it comes to your Google Account, though there might be no obvious risks to certain data being saved ...

After an intense CrossFit session this past June, I grabbed my phone and started tapping and swiping to record my health stats for the day. That’s when I noticed I hadn’t met my step goal. There I was ...