Here's a tip. It is for Linux sending your browsing data through an encrypted tunnel.
You need to have ssh access to some server as endpoint to your tunnel.
Close all instances of Chrome first otherwise it will not work.
# create ssh tunnel and use it for chrome
ssh -D 8080 -N me@my.server.com
google-chrome --proxy-server=socks5://127.0.0.1:8080
On windows the first command should not work (unless you have some ssh emulation installed).
What I do is use putty to create a tunnel instead, it's pretty easy.
The second command should run on Windows (haven't tested it). Maybe replace "google-chrome" by the right executable name for Windows.