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>GOOGLE, A DATA MINING and extraction company that sells personal information to advertisers Right off the bat this person couldn't even get his facts right. G
by bitmapbrother 9y ago
>GOOGLE, A DATA MINING and extraction company that sells personal information to advertisers
Right off the bat this person couldn't even get his facts right. Google doesn't sell personal information to advertisers.
- Vermeulen 9y agoThis is a really important distinction that apparently most reporters don't care about - I see this misconception everywhere
- Xorlev 9y agoCame here to say exactly this. Google doesn't sell your personal information. It personalizes the ads it serves you, but that personalization happens in Google, advertisers don't see it. https://www.google.com/settings/ads/ https://www.google.com/settings/ads/
- e12e 9y agoIt might be wrongly implying Google is selling the content of your Gmail - but between Google Analytics and stuff like: https://www.google.com/insights/ https://www.google.com/insights/ Google certainly helps tracking users?
- jessaustin 9y agoYes it seems that a determined advertiser could find out quite a bit about people who saw its Google ads...