Google Dashboard - Take Control

Do you have a Google account? Chances are if you use any Google offering including (but not limited to) gmail, profiles, web history, contacts, youtube, checkout, docs, calendar, igoogle, picasa web, and/or talk...you do.

Unknown to some is the fact that Google keeps usage and data statistics on you. They probably know a lot more about you that you think, or might be comfortable with.

Enter Google Dashboard, a new Google account management service that let's you view and manage all your Google accounts from one interface, including the ability to edit your accounts. You can delete any accounts you are not using, and also view the privacy policies for the services involved.

If you have a Google account and want to see the information Google has collected about you, simply go to http://www.google.com/dashboard and enter your user name and password. I doubt you will be too surprised by anything you see but I had at least a couple of accounts I had forgotten all about.

At the very least, an interesting look at how Google handles information about you.