Hello there,
Can someone please explain to me, in lay-mans terms, what google is doing and what all the fuss is about. I'm certain they're up to no good, but maybe I'm being paranoid. Reading around the subject seems to add little clarity to the situation. Oh, I'm talking about the consolidated t&c's and EU privacy shenanigans.... Ta, in advance...
M
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I’m certainly no expert, but it seems to me that the information at http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/ is written as to be deliberately vague – with terms like “we may automatically collect and store certain information…” and “this may include…..”
At a minimum, the information will be shared with other Google companies. If that sounds innocuous, then take a look at all the companies Google has acquired over the years - all of which, presumably, will have access to any information collected: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_acquisitions_by_Google
According to their policy, data will also be shared with (ie. sold to) external companies and government organisations. Of course the details of this are also vague.
The attitude of Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, seems not only cavalier, but totally fascistic – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google#Privacy
The 2010 Google Buzz fiasco exemplified Google’s attitude to privacy – and showed that the company cannot be trusted. Sharing contacts without permission was a truly diabolical act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Buzz#Privacy
Goodness knows what tricks they will pull this time around…..
________________________________________ From: manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org [manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org] on behalf of Mark Wastling [mwastling@gmail.com] Sent: 04 March 2012 09:24 To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: [FSFE-Manc] Google...
Hello there,
Can someone please explain to me, in lay-mans terms, what google is doing and what all the fuss is about. I'm certain they're up to no good, but maybe I'm being paranoid. Reading around the subject seems to add little clarity to the situation. Oh, I'm talking about the consolidated t&c's and EU privacy shenanigans.... Ta, in advance...
M
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