> In response, Google said Wednesday it doesn't serve "personalized ads or send bid requests to bidders without user consent." Two things: - The thing that se

> In response, Google said Wednesday it doesn't serve "personalized ads or send bid requests to bidders without user consent." Two things: - The thing that seems to be most companies idea of "user consent" is laughable. - Also it seems they are dodging the real question: nobody is asking if Google has something written about consent somewhere in a document that we were forced or tricked to accept. The question here IIRC is if they are going beyond even that and are sending personally identifiable information directly to shady companies.