Jan 20, 2026
Does google report searches?
Google records and links a great deal of search and web activity to accounts, devices, IPs and cookies when users are signed in or have tracking enabled, and it offers controls to view and delete that...
Search Engines and Private Queries
The topic revolves around how search engines like Google handle private search queries and what becomes publicly indexable and discoverable.
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3 resultsJan 20, 2026
Does google anonymise search logs?
Google does anonymize elements of its search server logs, but that process is partial, time-limited and has evolved: historically Google pledged to “anonymize” logs after 18–24 months, later shortened...
Jan 18, 2026
Are questions entered into factually saved? And then indexed on search engines so that people can look up and see the questions that you asked
Search engines do not automatically publish or make public the private questions a user types into a search box; what becomes indexable and discoverable is content that exists on the web and that sear...