How to change Google Chrome settings to protect your personal life

1. Introduction
2. Steps to follow

Introduction

With social media such as Facebook and Twitter, cybercriminals can easily access a multitude of your personal information online and know the searches you perform on your browser and the videos you view on Youtube. This personal data can be used to hijack other accounts, such as bank storage. So we invite you to follow these simple steps to protect your valuable personal information.

Steps to follow:

To better protect your personal data on your Google Chrome browser, you can set up certain privacy options:

Data Synchronization:

To disable Data Synchronization on Google chrome, simply:
1-Go to "Browser Settings"
2-Click on "Sync"

3-Disable the “Sync everything” button

For more security you can also encrypt the data with a passphrase of your choice. Go to Encryption Option and choose the option "Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase."

Activity controls:

1- Go to «my account»

2- In the vertical menu choose the option "personal info and privacy"

3- Click on “manage your Google activity”

4- Click on “Go to activity controls”

5- Disable the “Include Chrome browsing history and activity from websites and apps that use Google services” option.