Why You Might Want to Blur Your House on Google Maps - CNet

Today Panzer made a stop at the CNet site. With a little digging in the posts our traveling kitty boy discovered one about Google Maps.

 

Expect it to be easy? Silly human.

The post by Nelson Aguilar explains why and how you should blur the photo of your home on Google Maps. According to the post, it's not as easy or intuitive as it should be to do.

 

Panzer says, "Mom learned about Google Maps two years ago. She got a snail mail letter from some guy who wanted to buy the house. The letter had a photo of the house and said he got it from Google Maps."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of cocoa and a muffin for while you read. If you plan to blur your house, you'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to Blur Google Maps

Blur your home on Maps and erase your data to remove your life from Google's grip - USA Today

 

 

 Today Panzer made a trip to the USA Today site. With a little digging in the posts, our inquisitive kitty found one about deleting Google's data collections about individual users. A few days ago Panzer told you about limiting Amazon's Kindle ereader data collection.

They have all that?

The USA Today's post by Kim Komando explains how to delete the personal data Google has been collecting on you. The post is divided into five sections. Four of the sections explain how to delete various portions of the data collected. There is a section on data collected about your home on Google Maps; one on the data collected about your Google Assistant interactions; one on the data collected about your Google searches; and, finally, one about the data collected about your Chrome use. Each section contains instructions for deleting the data. The fifth section contains instructions about how to receive Alerts about yourself. This is an informative and useful post for anyone who uses Google for anything and you need to read it.

Panzer says, "I'll bet Google Maps even knows where my food dish is."

Note: This is a l-o-n-g post. If you plan to delete all the data Google has collected about you, bring a thermos of tea and twelve muffins.

 

To read the post tootle over to private data on google

 

To read the previous post about Kindle data tracking, tootle over to Kindle ereader

How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct - The New York Times

They know everything about you.

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard clapping and cheering outside. Following all the jocularity, our inquisitive kitty found himself at The New York Times site. With no digging at all he found a post about deleting your Google searches.

According to the post by Brian X. Chen, Google has a new feature that allows you to delete your search history. It appears to be a little complicated, so the post includes instructions for how to use the feature. There are screen shots to help explain the instructions. There's also information on deleting your YouTube history and the Google Maps app history.

Panzer says, "There is a lot of information here, but it's worth reading to delete your search history."

Note: This is a h-u-m-o-n-g-o-u-s length post.  Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins and also a glass of milk and three chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) for a snack.

To read the post tootle over to Google privacy