Why is my Android activity showing up on myactivity.google.com? I never consented to this and there was no indication anywhere that activity on my Android phone would show up in Google's My Activity. I see stuff like "com.google.android.pack" and other stuff. How do I STOP this information from being sent to Google? How long has this been going on for?

What information gets sent? For instance, I just read My Activity has detailson the photos I've taken. What kinds of details? How does Web &amp; App Activity differ from Device Information? Does Web &amp; App Activity the setting that controls whether information about apps I use is sent to Google? Does it send my Chrome browser history to Google? It looks like it controls my Pixel's default camera app, too. Is there a way to keep search history on but not the camera info being sent?
On your phone, navigate to Settings &gt; Google (or Accounts and select Google account). Then click Google Account &gt; Data &amp; Personalization.

Under Activity Controls section you can review and turn on/off many of these tracking features. BTW, you consented to this when you skimped over the ToS Agreement and just clicked "next, next" when setting up your phone.

Each section explains what it saves/tracks.


Web &amp; App Activity is specific to Google Apps and Websites (maps, search, account, etc). It also includes 3rd party Apps you use on Google's OS (i.e. Android). It also includes history (i.e. Chrome History) of these apps. Thankfully, the latter can be separately disabled.
Device Information is more for preinstalled Android apps, like Phone and Contacts, voice searches, etc.


Oh and it has been going on for years.
The only "recentish" change is that logging into 1 Google Service (for example, Maps) also logs you automatically into other Google Services (like YouTube, Gmail, etc)