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That "desire to respect people's privacy" isn't just some form of benevolent corporate altruism though, it's also a legal agreement between Google and its users
by Veratyr 9y ago
That "desire to respect people's privacy" isn't just some form of benevolent corporate altruism though, it's also a legal agreement between Google and its users and something that's closely watched by regulators around the world.
It's hard to see because in America there are basically no laws regarding privacy but around Europe in particular, regulators have power and use it. See the "right to be forgotten" laws which were forced on Google as an example.
That's not to say that Google can't do things with your data later but it will need your consent and regulators will be paying close attention.
- andrenotgiant 9y agoThat's a good point, I have zero understanding of how privacy laws and Google's own TOS limit what they can do with old data. To clarify, though, I'm not talking about Google straight-up selling my data, I'm talking about all the creepy in-between things like: - parsing out the fees I pay from my financial transaction emails and selling me in an "audience" to competing banks. - Parsing my e-commerce Return confirmations and selling it as an "ecommerce credit score" to ecommerce sites. - Monitoring brand mentions on Google Home and selling me in an audience to advertisers. - Selling my contact information to sites I thought I was just browsing "anonymously"