How to Manage and change your Google account privacy settings

You’ll need to guard your privacy online, otherwise you may find your details are passed around like a parcel at a party and all kinds of people are privy to your personal information.

Fortunately, Google has a comprehensive section in place where you can review and manage all your
profile and privacy settings across the entire range of Google products. You can access this from your Accounts screen by clicking on the ‘Profile and privacy’ link in the left-hand column and, once in, scroll down and review and change your settings. read: How to Organize, configure and add various categories of tabs to your Gmail account.

These settings include how much of your personal information is on public display, who you share
content with online, and much more besides. If you want to learn more about the various privacy
settings for the Google products then you can scroll down to the bottom of the main ‘Profile
and privacy’ page and choose to visit the Privacy Centre, where everything will be explained to
help you understand and manage your settings more effectively.

How to manage and change your settings

1: Profile and privacy page: From your main Accounts screen, under the ‘Security’ section in the
left-hand column you will see a link called ‘Profile and privacy’. Click on this to be taken through to a screen that allows you to manage your privacy settings across all of your Google services. https://myaccount.google.com/privacy#dashboard

2: Edit profile info: Under Google Profiles is the option to ‘Edit visibility on profile’. Click on this
and a floating window will appear in which you can cycle through the options listed along the top and
edit details of your work, education, places, contact info etc, as well as who is privy to this information.

3: Manage your circles: Circles are groups of people with whom you share content. The names of your circles and who you add to them are visible only to you, but you can set whether the list of the people in them is visible in your public profile. Click ‘Manage circles’ and organise your contacts accordingly.

4: Google+ settings: If you use Google+ regularly, it is worth clicking on the ‘Google+’ link
in the left column and reviewing your settings. For example, by default the option to allow your circles to be able to download your photos is ticked, so you may wish to address this and various other privacy settings here.