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It's not just our trust that Google violated. Although legally their privacy policy has enough loopholes, it still says: When you sign up for a particular serv
by alain94040 17y ago
It's not just our trust that Google violated. Although legally their privacy policy has enough loopholes, it still says:
When you sign up for a particular service that requires registration, we ask you to provide personal information. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.
If we propose to use personal information for any purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy and/or in the specific service privacy notices, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of personal information for those other purposes. We will not collect or use sensitive information for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy and/or in the supplementary service privacy notices, unless we have obtained your prior consent.
- bonaldi 17y agoThey asked for consent. (Multiple times, in my case). You can argue that they weren't clear enough about exactly what they were getting consent for -- and I agree they weren't -- but they asked for it all the same. The "storm" around this is reflecting really poorly on tech news blogs, many of whom are reporting this as if users had absolutely no say and just landed with a public profile. It's flat wrong, and we should stop promulgating that here.