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Last modified: March 1, 2012 ( view archived versions ) There are many different ways you can use our services – to search for and share information, to communicate with other people or to create new content. When you share information with us, for example by creating a Google Account , we can make those services even better – to show you more relevant search results and ads, to help you connect with people or to make sharing with others quicker and easier. As you use our services, we want you to be clear how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy.

Preview: Privacy Policy – Policies & Principles

On Tuesday, the search giant announced that it was placing 60 of its Web services under a unified privacy policy that would allow the company to share data between any of those services. (Google Books, Google Wallet and Google Chrome are excluded due to different regulatory and technical issues.) Any user with a Google account — used to sign in to services such as Gmail, YouTube and personalized search — must agree to the policy. Users who don’t want to have their data shared have the option to close their accounts with Google. Some praised the company for being so open about the changes, including European Commissioner for Justice Vivian Reding.

Google privacy policy is subject of backlash - The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-privacy-policy-is-subject-of-backlash/2012/01/25/gIQAzwZCRQ_story.html

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Lawmakers press Google on privacy policy changes - chicagotribune.com

http://www.pcworld.com/article/248715/googles_new_privacy_policy_why_you_should_care.html

Google's New Privacy Policy: Why You Should Care | PCWorld

Google plans on tracking you across almost every one of its products you use including Calendar, Docs, Gmail, search, and YouTube to give you better search results, more precisely targeted ads, and helpful schedule reminders. The new "features" are set to kick in March 1 when Google is condensing more than 70 disparate privacy policies for all its different products into one mega-policy. As a result of the change, whenever you sign into your Google account, the search giant will treat you as a single user and collect your user information into one database.

Two Congressional privacy hawks have now taken Google to task for its new, unified privacy policy . And while their protests may be off the mark, their warnings should not go unheeded. As it stands , Google's unified privacy policy simply takes the status quo and simplifies it. Google has traditionally published individual privacy policies for each of its multitude of sites, which it has consolidated down to a general statement of practices and principles. The bottom line: the new policy doesn't change how Google actually uses the data it collects. Here's where Google went too far.

Google's Privacy Policy: A Wakeup Call, But That's It | Mark Hachman | PCMag.com

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399344,00.asp

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ramon-nuez/google-privacy-policy_b_1233964.html

Google is maturing before our very eyes -- more so in the past few months. The company is taking great pains inÂ creating a "unified" user experience across its more popular digital products. On January 24th, GoogleÂ announced someÂ changesÂ to their privacy policy:

Ramon Nuez: Google Dumping Over 60 Privacy Policies for 1

Google is insisting that its new privacy policy will still give its users control, after criticism in a letter from US members of Congress. The lawmakers wrote to Google to express concern that users wouldn't be able to opt-out of the new data sharing system when using Chocolate Factory products. "We believe that consumers should have the ability to opt out of data collection when they are not comfortable with a company's terms of service and that the ability to exercise that choice should be simple and straightforward," the letter said. Google already said when introducing the new privacy policy that it wanted to make privacy across its products easier and clearer. "Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if you’re signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services.

US lawmakers question Google over privacy policy • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/27/google_privacy_policy_concern/

New Google's privacy policy - 01/03/2012