Gmail Has A Secret Page That Records All The Things You've Bought Online
, points out that there isn't a clear way to change this setting on the Purchases page itself, and it's hard to find it to begin with.
At a moment when users are extremely on edge about their privacy, there's a general distrust of how tech giants like Facebook, Google, or Amazon's handle our personal info. After so many screwups and breeches and leaks, it can be hard to see their promises to"take your privacy seriously" as more than lip service.
Learning that Google has been sorting out and storing our shopping habits – and we didn't even know it! – is a little freaky, and it's reasonable to be skeptical about why it's keeping this information. In an emailed statement, Google said: “To help you easily view and keep track of your purchases, bookings and subscriptions in one place, we’ve created a private destination that can only be seen by you. You can delete this information at any time. We don’t use any information from your Gmail messages to serve you ads, and that includes the email receipts and confirmations shown on the Purchase page. We're always working to help people understand and manage their data.
Still, considering that the Purchase page is deeply hidden in the settings menu, it doesn't seem like something Google created to solve a frequent user problem.
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