Google finally admits it wants to OWN YOU

tlr online · 30-01-12, 16:49

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Mountain View's Chocolate Factory is putting its vast userbase on notice of major changes to its privacy policies.

Come 1 March the 350 million people worldwide who have Gmail accounts, for example, will no longer be able to use that service in isolation of other Google products they browse to online.

That's because the company's Terms of Service are changing.

Some will argue that Google is merely doing some neat housekeeping by cutting and shutting the majority of its 70 privacy policies into one clean explanation of what will happen with the information users input into the company's array of products.

Others might note that these privacy tweaks are coming ahead of any public antitrust battle Google potentially faces on both sides of the Atlantic where formal regulatory probes of the world's largest ad broker are already well underway.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01...ms_of_service/

What do you guys think about this?

patriots88888 · 30-01-12, 16:53

I'm glad I don't use Gmail or any other services by Google really. I'll only use their search engine but that's as far as that goes. And it's obvious that has been their goal since Google's inception.

xLara_Nathanx · 30-01-12, 16:55

o.o That is very creepy. Helloooo? Privacy?

No seriously though...

NRO. · 30-01-12, 16:59

Jesus Google, use lotion next time.

Ward Dragon · 30-01-12, 17:04

It was only a matter of time. I stopped using Google a long time ago because I didn't like their privacy policy, and now it's even worse. I've deleted my Youtube account and I no longer have any kind of sign-in for anything related to Google. I don't like the idea of being tracked everywhere I go online.

sandygrimm · 30-01-12, 17:05

we always knew it! I never wanted even their chrome! just the engine! but even that's fowl too.

tlr online · 30-01-12, 17:05

Over the next few weeks I'm going to be deleting all my Google services too apart from AdSense.

Larapink · 30-01-12, 17:08

It's an unsettling feeling that Google & Youtube have changed their privacy policy. To what kind of privacy? Privacy has gone down the drain on the internet.

It's time to delete both my Youtube account & Google account.

NRO. · 30-01-12, 17:10

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Originally Posted by tlr online

Over the next few weeks I'm going to be deleting all my Google services too apart from AdSense.

I'm tempted to do that too, but I love YouTube. Despite anything that they did. <3

larafan25 · 30-01-12, 17:14

Ohmygawd.

Why youtube.

LOADS of music...I couldn't delete that.

30-01-12, 16:53	#2
patriots88888 Tomb Raider Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 16,002	I'm glad I don't use Gmail or any other services by Google really. I'll only use their search engine but that's as far as that goes. And it's obvious that has been their goal since Google's inception. __________________ It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! :)

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NRO. Relic Hunter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: In a fairytale so Gender: Female Posts: 5,639	Jesus Google, use lotion next time. __________________ ...in a sexual way.

30-01-12, 17:04	#5
Ward Dragon Moderator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Temeria ♀ Posts: 33,415	It was only a matter of time. I stopped using Google a long time ago because I didn't like their privacy policy, and now it's even worse. I've deleted my Youtube account and I no longer have any kind of sign-in for anything related to Google. I don't like the idea of being tracked everywhere I go online. __________________ We all make choices. But in the end, our choices make us. ―Andrew Ryan (BioShock)

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sandygrimm Tomb Raider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Transilvanya Posts: 11,876	we always knew it! I never wanted even their chrome! just the engine! but even that's fowl too. __________________ Stay out of my psychosis!

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Larapink Tomb Raider Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: London, UK. \| G: ♀ Posts: 14,662	It's an unsettling feeling that Google & Youtube have changed their privacy policy. To what kind of privacy? Privacy has gone down the drain on the internet. It's time to delete both my Youtube account & Google account. __________________ ✿ Last edited by Larapink; 30-01-12 at 17:10.

30-01-12, 16:55	#3
xLara_Nathanx Professor Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 3,826	o.o That is very creepy. Helloooo? Privacy? No seriously though...

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tlr online Administrator Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 50,402	Over the next few weeks I'm going to be deleting all my Google services too apart from AdSense.

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larafan25 Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Stuck in Bolivia Gender: Ghetto New-t Aptitude: Officially FAK Trained Posts: 53,840	Ohmygawd. Why youtube. LOADS of music...I couldn't delete that. __________________ Okay, I'm a crab again.