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Spy on yourself with Google

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California - Google is offering a new privacy control that will make it easier for people to see some of the information being collected about them.

The "Dashboard" feature unveiled on Thursday pulls together all the data that pour into Google's computers whenever web surfers log in to one of the company' services.

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Dashboard represents Google's latest step to give its users more control over their personal information and appease privacy watchdogs.

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