I agree with you: There is a misunderstanding here. Google obviously gives no data to advertisers... they sell targeted ads. The difference is vast. As an adve

I agree with you: There is a misunderstanding here. Google obviously gives no data to advertisers... they sell targeted ads. The difference is vast. As an advertiser I would purchase an ad targeted at 20-something male video game players, for example. I would not get to read their emails to get better insight into their minds or anything insane like that. And if that started happening at Google they'd die, and they know it.