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According to the Privacy Policy (even after the changes from this weekend) this change gives Chrome permission to upload data. > The personal information that

by tedivm 8y ago

According to the Privacy Policy (even after the changes from this weekend) this change gives Chrome permission to upload data. > The personal information that Chrome stores won't be sent to Google unless you choose to store that data in your Google Account by signing in to Chrome. If what you are saying is true- and will remain true for the future- why didn't they change that language to say something like- > The personal information that Chrome stores won't be sent to Google unless you choose to store that data in your Google Account by signing in to Chrome and enabling syncing.

magicalist 8y ago
FWIW, that's exactly what the updated [1] says. Maybe they missed that sentence. [1] https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/#signed-in-chrome-mode https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/#signed-in-chrome-mode
- tedivm 8y ago
  Yeah I directly quoted from the privacy statement and the line I quoted is still there. Seriously though, searched for "signed in" (like, ctrl-f). There's an epic ton of things that they are allowed to do for signed in accounts versus normal browsing even with sync disabled. These are all directly quoted from the privacy policy and do not require syncing to be enabled- * If you are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. * Payments. If you are signed in to the Chrome browser and you have credit cards stored in your Google Payments Account, then Chrome will offer you the option of filling those cards into web forms. In addition, if you enter a new credit card into a web form, Chrome will offer to save your credit card and related billing information to your Google Payments account. * Language. In order to customize your browsing experience based on languages that you prefer to read, Chrome will keep a count of the most popular languages of the sites you visited. This language preference will be sent to Google to customize your experience in Chrome. If you are signed in to Chrome, this language profile will be associated with your Google Account and, if you include Chrome history in your Google Web & App Activity, may be used to personalize your experience in other Google products. View Activity Controls.
  - comex 8y ago
    > * If you are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. Note the "or". If you're signed into Google and you do a Google search, that's stored in your account by default. The only reason signing into Chrome is relevant is that that also signs you into Google. > * Payments. If you are signed in to the Chrome browser and you have credit cards stored in your Google Payments Account, then Chrome will offer you the option of filling those cards into web forms. In addition, if you enter a new credit card into a web form, Chrome will offer to save your credit card and related billing information to your Google Payments account. This doesn't suggest any data being sent to Google unless you accept the offer to save a card to your Google Payments account. > * Language. In order to customize your browsing experience based on languages that you prefer to read, Chrome will keep a count of the most popular languages of the sites you visited. This language preference will be sent to Google to customize your experience in Chrome. If you are signed in to Chrome, this language profile will be associated with your Google Account and, if you include Chrome history in your Google Web & App Activity, may be used to personalize your experience in other Google products. View Activity Controls. Okay, this is one actual example of signing in causing more data to be sent to Google than would happen otherwise. It seems pretty benign, though.
    - tedivm 8y ago
      I don't think you're parsing that first one correctly. Here it is with one of the two principles removed- > > * If you are signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. If you are signed into the browser but aren't signed into Google this states it will still save your search query.

by tedivm 8y ago

magicalist 8y ago

FWIW, that's exactly what the updated [1] says. Maybe they missed that sentence. [1] https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/#signed-in-chrome-mode https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/#signed-in-chrome-mode

tedivm 8y ago
Yeah I directly quoted from the privacy statement and the line I quoted is still there. Seriously though, searched for "signed in" (like, ctrl-f). There's an epic ton of things that they are allowed to do for signed in accounts versus normal browsing even with sync disabled. These are all directly quoted from the privacy policy and do not require syncing to be enabled- * If you are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. * Payments. If you are signed in to the Chrome browser and you have credit cards stored in your Google Payments Account, then Chrome will offer you the option of filling those cards into web forms. In addition, if you enter a new credit card into a web form, Chrome will offer to save your credit card and related billing information to your Google Payments account. * Language. In order to customize your browsing experience based on languages that you prefer to read, Chrome will keep a count of the most popular languages of the sites you visited. This language preference will be sent to Google to customize your experience in Chrome. If you are signed in to Chrome, this language profile will be associated with your Google Account and, if you include Chrome history in your Google Web & App Activity, may be used to personalize your experience in other Google products. View Activity Controls.
- comex 8y ago
  > * If you are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. Note the "or". If you're signed into Google and you do a Google search, that's stored in your account by default. The only reason signing into Chrome is relevant is that that also signs you into Google. > * Payments. If you are signed in to the Chrome browser and you have credit cards stored in your Google Payments Account, then Chrome will offer you the option of filling those cards into web forms. In addition, if you enter a new credit card into a web form, Chrome will offer to save your credit card and related billing information to your Google Payments account. This doesn't suggest any data being sent to Google unless you accept the offer to save a card to your Google Payments account. > * Language. In order to customize your browsing experience based on languages that you prefer to read, Chrome will keep a count of the most popular languages of the sites you visited. This language preference will be sent to Google to customize your experience in Chrome. If you are signed in to Chrome, this language profile will be associated with your Google Account and, if you include Chrome history in your Google Web & App Activity, may be used to personalize your experience in other Google products. View Activity Controls. Okay, this is one actual example of signing in causing more data to be sent to Google than would happen otherwise. It seems pretty benign, though.
  - tedivm 8y ago
    I don't think you're parsing that first one correctly. Here it is with one of the two principles removed- > > * If you are signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. If you are signed into the browser but aren't signed into Google this states it will still save your search query.