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The below terms are effective April 14, 2014. To view previous versions click here. Thanks for using our products and services (“Services”). The Services are provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States. By using our Services, you are agreeing to these terms. Our Services are very diverse, so sometimes additional terms or product requirements (including age requirements) may apply. Preview: Privacy Policy – Policies & Principles. Google privacy policy is subject of backlash. 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. Reding, vice president of the EC, is the continent’s leading advocate for laws on Internet privacy and data protection, and said Google’s move was a step in the right direction.
“Google was quick. But not having the right to choose what information is shared between services is the source of a great deal of criticism. Lawmakers press Google on privacy policy changes. Preserving Cabrini-Green's images In the sharp sun of an April afternoon, Nate Lanthrum walks through the remains of Cabrini-Green giving away what he has taken.
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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. Google's Privacy Policy: A Wakeup Call, But That's It. 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.
Ramon Nuez: Google Dumping Over 60 Privacy Policies for 1. US lawmakers question Google over privacy policy. High performance access to file storage 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. "What are the names of all of the Google products and services? "So here’s the real story, you still have choice and control. "