<p><img src="images/stories/google.jpg" border="0" alt="gOOGLE" align="left" />We all know that online tracking is increasing but to what extent is your activity being watched? In an effort to be more transparent, Google is helping you “step back and take stock of what you’re doing online” with a new optional feature called Account Activity.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/googles-new-privacy-policy-rolls-out-today-despite-opposition/" target="_self">(Related: Google’s new privacy policy rolls out today despite opposition)</a></p>
<p>If you sign-up for the service, Account Activity will provide you with a monthly report of all your online activities using Google products. Here‘s an example from the company’s <a href="http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2012/03/giving-you-more-insight-into-your.html" target="_blank">Public Policy blog post</a> on the new feature:</p>
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<p>For example, my most recent Account Activity report told me that I sent 5 percent more email than the previous month and received 3 percent more. An Italian hotel was my top Gmail contact for the month. I conducted 12 percent more Google searches than in the previous month, and my top queries reflected the vacation I was planning: [rome] and [hotel].</p>
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