After spending so much time gathering all the information possible on everybody in order to learn what ads to deliver to them, Google has decided that a "here's what to do in order to protect your privacy" move would benefit it in the public eyes, especially after the Facebook Beacon privacy issue that had such an impact on the online community.

The new series of videos that were released today on the YouTube Privacy Channel "feature Googlers sharing privacy tips, like how to use Google Chat's 'Off the Record' feature, how to limit the number of people who can view your Picasa photos, how to unlist your phone number from Google search results, and how to make the details of your Google Calendar entries private", as Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy Counsel with Google said on the official blog of the Mountain View based company.

A quick tip, in case you just found out that your number and full contact information is listed and available through Google Search. Just click on it and on the next page you will get redirected to a link that says "Request to have your name removed from this list" that will take you to a form you'll have to fill, in order to authenticate yourself as the one in his rights to make such a request.

"Just as we're dedicated to innovation when it comes to making better, more useful products, we're also committed to finding new ways to educate you about how to control what information you share when using our products, and with whom. This series, along with the other videos on our YouTube Privacy Channel, are part of this awareness-raising effort", Google said. Next time I'll see the cookie that they send, I'll be sure not to think about the fact that it is tracking my every move on the Internet and perhaps that'll do the trick.