With the new Google Dashboard, Google has taken another step towards transparency about how it uses all the information it collects about you and which you give it to store. The single location shows a summary of data stored for most services Google operates associated with a particular account of yours (I have two for structural and historical reasons).

Each service shows a summary of top-line information, such as the various email addresses associated with a Google Account or settings for your Google calendar, and then links to management features and the privacy and/or security policies for the service.

While this doesn't address all the issues about the mammoth amount of data collection and storage Google undertakes, it's a nice way to see at a glance what we've let the company do - and, with a few clicks, wipe some of that information off its books.