You could just not give them your data in the first place.
I am not worried about search / email / etc., though, I am worried about Analytics. I would like to be able to globally disable it. (NoScript solves this problem, but Analytics should be opt-in, not opt-out-by-blocking-Javascript.)
Retaining my data makes it easier for Google to give me good results in the future.
The problem is not that Google stores your data. The problem is that disclosing that data has social and legal consequences. Why shoot the messenger?
I think they should allow us to opt out of retaining our data.
You could just not give them your data in the first place.
I am not worried about search / email / etc., though, I am worried about Analytics. I would like to be able to globally disable it. (NoScript solves this problem, but Analytics should be opt-in, not opt-out-by-blocking-Javascript.)