Google Dashboard: What Does Google Know About You?

Google dashboard is a new service that Google offers, which displays all the data you have ever given out to Google and answers the question of how much Google really knows about you. By going to https://www.google.com/dashboard/, you can get a summary of your Google account, Alerts, Calendar, Contacts, Google Docs, Gmail, iGoogle, Google Profile, Google Reader, Google Talk, and even your Web History.

The new privacy dashboard aggregates all the data and info that you shared with Google in the years past. As to the utility of Google dashboard, it is really just a compilation of all the Google services that you have used in the past, leaving personal data behind. It is convenient to see everything summed up like that, but there is really no new valued added aside from letting you see just how many Google services you are using. It also makes for a good discussion on Internet privacy.

Consumer Watchdog noted today that Google should give its users more freedom to delete their personal data and take more control.

However, the product video that Google has released on YouTube does mention that Google dashboard offers an option to "never save" the data you give out as a Google service user.