we built our browser Google Chrome not
only to be faster but also to give you
control over the information you share
while you're online most online activity
takes place in a browser so to
understand your privacy on the web it's
important to know the basics of what
happens in your browser let's see what
happens when you use a browser and what
information is sent and received when
you type a web address into the
browser's address bar and hit enter the
browser sends a request to find the
computer server that hosts your
requested web page once the server is
located the browser requests the web
page you are looking for and the server
sends it back the browser on your
computer then interprets the web page
code and displays the page using Chrome
doesn't mean sharing more information
with Google than using any other browser
just as with other browsers information
is only set to Google servers if you use
a Google service such as search or Gmail
browsers typically maintain a history of
the websites you visited so that you can
access these websites again easily in
the future your browser's history is
maintained locally on your computer in
Chrome none of your history data is ever
shared or sent outside of your browser
or your computer without your permission
you can delete your browser's history at
any time or browse an incognito mode if
you don't want website visits and
downloads to be recorded in the browser
we know that privacy is important and
we're always innovating to make sure
that chrome reflects Google's strong
privacy standards and practices here are
some more ways that chrome helps protect
your privacy text entered into the
combined search and address bar which we
call the omnibox is logged by Google's
servers for only a random 2% of omnibox
input and only if Google is your default
search provider this data is used to
improve Google's suggestion service and
is made anonymous within 24 hours
chrome lets you manage cookies on a site
by site basis this means that you can
choose to turn them on only for the
sites that you trust and use the most
chrome helps protect you and your
personal information from malicious
websites through our Safe Browsing
technology and to make sure that chrome
is always up to date with the latest
security updates chrome automatically
checks for updates on a regular basis to
learn more about these topics click on
the links to watch videos from Google
engineers or visit google.com slash
Chrome slash privacy
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