When signed in to your Google account, your searches, clicked links, images, and videos are tracked. Things like your IP address, device, and which ads you click are tracked even when you're not ...

Gmail account holders can now change their existing @gmail.com address while retaining their data and services.

Signing in with your Google account across different services means that many sites and apps will have access to your account information. Since this is inherently risky, take these precautions to ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Update, March 8, 2025: This story, originally published March 7, has been updated with details of more data that Google has confirmed it will be deleting unless account holders take swift action to ...

A Hindi version of Google's support page suggests that Google is testing a service to let users change their Gmail addresses ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Now Google has issued a new warning for users who lose their phone ...

Google's apps, such as Chrome, Maps, Search, and YouTube, are constantly tracking your activity and sending it to Google. But don't worry, Google doesn't use the data for nefarious purposes like ...

Deleting digital accounts that you rarely or never use not only reduces the amount of clutter in your online life—it keeps you safer too. Every extra account you've got is an extra target for a hacker ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...