[ForHackernews]

The text on the "privacy checkup" page says:

> Web & App Activity

> (Paused)

> Used by Assistant, Google Maps, and others

> If you turn this setting on, Google will save your activity on Google sites and apps in your Google Account, including searches and associated info like location. You can also choose to save which apps you use, your Chrome history, and which sites you visit on the web.

(emphasis mine)

To me, that reads like a careful lawyerly declaration that they are already saving all my activity, but if I turn this on, it will also be saved in my Google Account where I can see it.

[altgoogler]

"When you delete data in your Google account, we immediately start the process of removing it from the product and our systems."

https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention

See also:

https://policies.google.com/privacy#infocollect

[ForHackernews]

But have I "deleted" any data? All I've done is "pause" the history in my Google Account, right?

Is there someplace else I can explicitly delete that data?

[saalweachter]

> Pausing this setting doesn't delete any of your past data. You can see or delete your data and more at myactivity.google.com.