Google has released a product that draws together all personal information, from all linked Google services, and places it in a convenient easy-to-edit profile manager.
Google products have been used daily by millions of people for several years. Each person is linked to a Gmail address, which links them to each of those products, including YouTube, Blogger, Google Maps, Google Photos, Hangouts and the Google Play Store, among others.
The profile manager, About Me, will roll out to all users this week. The tool lets users see all personal information publically available and then lets them edit, remove it, or change the privacy settings.
A profile is automatically created for all Google users.
"Changes you make here may show up with content you create and share," states the About Me page. "People you interact with may also see your updates across Google services."
Information that will show up for the average Google user includes a photo, their gender, birthday and occupation. Contact information could also be available, as well as work history, places visited and other social media sites.
Users cannot remove their birthday, but are able to hide the year.
All this information used to be stored on Google+, the search engine's attempt at creating a social network. However, all Google+ profiles were public by default.
In July, Google said it would no longer require users to create a Google+ profile to log onto other Google products.
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