posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 9:16 AM by paul

Target Google

Google Bad On Privacy? Maybe It's Privacy International's Report That Sucks

Google remembers everything you ever searched for, but is the sum total of all your searches who you are?
 
I don't like the fact that Google retains so much information about me, so I log-off my GMail account after checking my messages. Google isn't selling or giving access to that precious information to anyone, so to say they have a bad record on privacy is a misnomer.
 
 
Information about you and me is being acclimated in data bases scattered throughout the world by Visa, Master Card and many other questionable corporations. The day the NSA, FBI or IRS needs to find out more about you, they only need a Judges signature to assemble it all.

Comments

# re: Target Google @ Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:57 AM

I'm fine with data being captured about me. Honestly. My life is so boring anyway, I can't imagine why anyone would want to look at it. And I'm willing to exchange a theoretical invasion of my privacy for the security of stuff not blowing up where I live. All of this is to a degree, of course. As long as there's still that judge involved and there is due process, I have no problem at all with this. Google has the right to keep as much data as they want, we're using their service (search or other), so they have the right to collect data IF they tell you their doing it. Again, if they want to know about my search for tech stuff, or IMDB searches, God bless.

It is like the difference between potential and kinetic energy: as long as there is a buffer between two which involves due process of law, then I say go for it.

Jeffrey Whitney