Google, which has had a bullseye on its back when it comes to Internet privacy, on Thursday launched a Web site that shows people what data Gmail, Google Calendar and more than a dozen other Google products store about them.
The company announced the service, called Google Dashboard, at a conference in Europe, where regulators have repeatedly pressured Google to cut back on how long it keeps logs of users' search queries and other personal data.
The new service pulls together many controls Google has offered people for a while, such as the ability to see and delete their search history. It also allows users to quickly glance across the most recent Google documents they have opened, to see across other people they maybe sharing their Google calendar with and other data to remind them what Google keeps.
In a blog post, Google executives said the new service was designed to provide consumers 'greater transparency and control over their own data.' 'We are very aware of the trust you have placed in us, and our responsibility to protect your privacy and data,' they wrote.
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