Que sait Google sur vous ? Crédit Photo: D.R Au moment où Google modifie sa politique de confidentialité, un petit tour sur le gestionnaire des préférences pour les annonces vous indiquera vos centres d'intérêt et une estimation de votre âge et de votre sexe. A l'heure où Google unifie ses règles de confidentialité et annonce la combinaison des données des différents services pour mieux cibler l'internaute, un lien sur le gestionnaire des préférences des annonces vous montrera que l'éditeur connaît déjà des choses sur vous. Ne cherchez pas cette page sur le dashboard de votre compte Google, elle est distincte du tableau de bord classique. Ce gestionnaire utilise le cookie de Google Adwords pour tracer les visites de l'internaute. Sur cette base, il arrive à déterminer les centres d'intérêt, mais aussi à proposer des « données démographiques déduites » sur l'âge et le sexe de la personne.
Règles et principes. Who Would Pay $5,000 to Use Google? (You) By Quentin Fottrell New research finds people fork over $5,000 worth of personal information a year to Google in exchange for access to its “free services” such as Gmail and search. While many view this as a fair trade, privacy experts say the Internet giant’s latest plan to pool user data from its various sites make it less so. The new privacy policy – which Google contends will allow it to better target ads — goes into effect on March 1.
In a press release, the company said it may combine the information users submit under their email accounts with information from other Google services or third parties. What people do and share on the social networking site Google+, Gmail and YouTube will be combined to create a more three-dimensional picture of consumers’ likes and dislikes, according to reports. Google did not return calls seeking comment. Experts say that information is more valuable than people may think. There are ways consumers can block online tracking, however. Also See: Video:
What Google's Larry Page Doesn't Understand - Maxwell Wessel. By Maxwell Wessel | 5:06 PM January 27, 2012 Google has been self-destructive recently. Last weekend, Google was exposed by engineers from Twitter, Facebook, and mySpace for interfering with their search results. Instead of apologizing and vowing to protect the sanctity of search, this week Larry Page announced that Google will soon integrate its products even further.
On March 1st, Google will change its privacy agreement to allow the company to collect and unify user data across all its web properties. There is no opting out. Whether you want it or not, Google will be consolidating the data about what you search for, what you read in your email, and what you write in the cloud into a single profile that is you. Allow me to explain. My job was to use patient purchase histories and flag patients who were “switchers” — those who alternated between pharmacy chains. But in practice, it was a disaster. And that’s when the problems start.