An unofficial blog, Google Operating System, has revealed a
feature that enables users of Google's search engine to download their entire
search history.
Only searches associated with a Google account are available
to view, so users must be logged in to their Google account when they are
conducting the search and have the save search history feature turned on.
It is highly likely that most search results will be
available for users to view being as many users are logged on already to their
Google accounts when using their computers or other devices.
All users will need to do to access their search history log
in to Google's support pages with their Gmail account. They can also download
other information held by Google to a .zip file and have the information
emailed to their Gmail account - web searches and other information can be
deleted.
This feature is part of Google Takeout, which is designed to
allow users to transfer data away from Google so it can be utilised with other
services.
Although it is a move that many would welcome given concerns
surrounding transparency, but many may wonder why this has not been advertised
more openly, especially as Google Takeout has been operational for four years.
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