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Sure, and you let anybody in your house/home to check that it is this way, don't you? A friend of mine has a far better answer on this one but its nothing underaged people should read...American Petroleum Cor. wrote:I work for Google too hahaha and I am loving it. I have nothing to hide so I have nothing to fear.
Ever heard about privacy?
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How interesting that you bring up the issue of privacy. To no extent does Google knowingly releasing information gathered on users of their systems or software. Only under US court subpoenas did they surrender those information. Had they been doing so so freely, we would definitely hear it in the news, and it as a result would cause quite an uproar.
And Google fully understands the fine line they are walking on. They gather information in the first place to target specific advertisement so views from them generate revenue per-view. On their privacy information page, they fully explain what they do.
And apparently, that method is working! Their market shares are soaring, and I am soaring as well!
I am quite aware of privacy, thank you.
And Google fully understands the fine line they are walking on. They gather information in the first place to target specific advertisement so views from them generate revenue per-view. On their privacy information page, they fully explain what they do.
And apparently, that method is working! Their market shares are soaring, and I am soaring as well!
I am quite aware of privacy, thank you.
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"They gather information in the first place to target specific advertisement so views from them generate revenue per-view."
Nice way to put it really, but somehow this gathered information (no matter if its chrome, earth or streetview) can also be used for other purposes as well, don't you think so? For some reason I simply do not trust the explanations of the privacy page a hell of a lot. Laws can be changed easily... Seen it recently called "Patriot Act" in the US I think. They attempted something similar here - is to be decided about by the highest court within the next months if it is against our Verfassung or not (sorry, do not really want to look this word up - the Verfassung is the base of any German law similar but not alike to the US constitution I think, sorry for not being that informed about US law terms). Ever heard of George Orwell?
Google gathered so many information it might be hard to scan it for a certain purpose, but development of software will not stand still, will it? 10 - 20 yrs ago many people could not even imagine whats possible these days... Or do you think the inventors of the www had an idea what effect their invention will have? Do you know today, whats possible in 5 yrs time? I don't.
Different countries have different laws considering privacy and how private data is allowed to be saved, processed and especially used. Google will be well-prepared for the future, these information they already gathered (and surely will in the future) will be quite useful for advertising - and some more purposes than this one, I am sure...
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Nice way to put it really, but somehow this gathered information (no matter if its chrome, earth or streetview) can also be used for other purposes as well, don't you think so? For some reason I simply do not trust the explanations of the privacy page a hell of a lot. Laws can be changed easily... Seen it recently called "Patriot Act" in the US I think. They attempted something similar here - is to be decided about by the highest court within the next months if it is against our Verfassung or not (sorry, do not really want to look this word up - the Verfassung is the base of any German law similar but not alike to the US constitution I think, sorry for not being that informed about US law terms). Ever heard of George Orwell?
Google gathered so many information it might be hard to scan it for a certain purpose, but development of software will not stand still, will it? 10 - 20 yrs ago many people could not even imagine whats possible these days... Or do you think the inventors of the www had an idea what effect their invention will have? Do you know today, whats possible in 5 yrs time? I don't.
Different countries have different laws considering privacy and how private data is allowed to be saved, processed and especially used. Google will be well-prepared for the future, these information they already gathered (and surely will in the future) will be quite useful for advertising - and some more purposes than this one, I am sure...
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The only problem here is that Google is known to store information indefinitely. But in no way do they knowingly distribute personal information without obtaining consent first.
The hard thing about distinguishing between which sites actually obtain and distribute information is that well, every single website you visit gathers information. Google is just hammered because they do on such a large scale. Nevertheless, Google only shares information under strict circumstances:
The hard thing about distinguishing between which sites actually obtain and distribute information is that well, every single website you visit gathers information. Google is just hammered because they do on such a large scale. Nevertheless, Google only shares information under strict circumstances:
Now US government actions may intersect those of companies, but that largely has been separated. The PATRIOT act did in fact demand that Google open up its information for scrutiny, but to this day, Google has refused to do so.-We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
-We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
-We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law."
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Thats what I meant, there might be a day, when a court tells them to open their doors (or better access their harddisks) with no option to appeal at a higher court... Or there will be other possibilities what to do with that data. Who knows today?American Petroleum Cor. wrote:The only problem here is that Google is known to store information indefinitely. But in no way do they knowingly distribute personal information without obtaining consent first.
The hard thing about distinguishing between which sites actually obtain and distribute information is that well, every single website you visit gathers information. Google is just hammered because they do on such a large scale. Nevertheless, Google only shares information under strict circumstances:
Now US government actions may intersect those of companies, but that largely has been separated. The PATRIOT act did in fact demand that Google open up its information for scrutiny, but to this day, Google has refused to do so.-We have your consent. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
-We provide such information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies or other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
-We have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Google, its users or the public as required or permitted by law."
I know that every search engine for example does the same, so I act accordingly and spread my activities as wide as possible using this search enginge today and a different one the next time I need one... I know at the end of the day its not more than 4 or 5 (?) search engines available in the www...
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