To learn more about Google's mining, check out these resources and quotes:

1. From Google's Privacy page (Links to an external site.):

"We collect information about your activity in our services, which we use to do things like recommend a YouTube video you might like. The activity information we collect may include:

- Terms you search for
- Videos you watch
- Views and interactions with content and ads (Links to an external site.)
- Voice and audio information when you use audio features
- Purchase activity
- People with whom you communicate or share content
- Activity on third-party sites and apps that use our services
- Chrome browsing history you’ve synced with your Google Account (Links to an external site.)"

And

"We may share non-personally identifiable information (Links to an external site.) publicly and with our partners — like publishers, advertisers, developers, or rights holders. For example, we share information publicly to show trends (Links to an external site.) about the general use of our services. We also allow specific partners (Links to an external site.) to collect information from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies."

2. Smith, Dale. (June 28, 2020). Google collects a frightening amount of data about you. You can find and delete it now. CNET. Available here (Links to an external site.).

3. Nield, David. (May 27, 2019). All the Ways Google Tracks You - And How to Stop It. Wired. Available here (Links to an external site.).

4. The Privacy Project. (2019). New York Times Opinion. Available here (Links to an external site.).