/GettyImages-1219980553-a72708df62af41c4a562c6749caf1e86.jpg "Yes, You Should Absolutely Password Protect Your Google Activity")
Without a password, your online web activity across multiple Google platforms could be an exploitable treasure trove of personal data.
Just about everything you do online is tracked in some way. If you use Google platforms like YouTube, Google Search, or even Google Maps, all that data is tracked and conveniently stored on your Google My Activity page. The idea is to give you a way to go back and look through your data whenever you need to re-explore those searches and answers. The problem is, convenience puts a lot of your personal data at risk, which is why Google has added a password verification system to that page.
“Google provides users access to their complete history of Web and App Activity, the most valuable (and potentially risky) of which is the complete record of your Google Search and Assistant queries,” Rob Shavell, a privacy expert and CEO of DeleteMe, told Lifewire in an email.
