A lot of you seem security and privacy minded (this pleases me). I'm seeing posts about secure DNS services and VPNs and Brave Browser. All solid calls. But I try my best to avoid Google whenever possible.
If you haven't tried it yet, switch to DuckDuckGo. You'll get pretty much the same results, and they're a lot more secure. They don't track you. You can switch it as your default search engine in just about all browsers (Avoid Google Chrome if you can... stick with Brave or Firefox)