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agree with you. I have kept location data on, because its something I revisit a lot, the other stuff is set to delete after 18 months. If I dont notice anything

agree with you. I have kept location data on, because its something I revisit a lot, the other stuff is set to delete after 18 months. If I dont notice anything different ill set it to 3 months. The original post from Google had this line https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/keeping-private-information-private/ https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/keeping-p... "As always, we don’t sell your information to anyone, and we don’t use information in apps where you primarily store personal content—such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Photos—for advertising purposes, period."

ciarannolan 6y ago
>"As always, we don’t sell your information to anyone, and we don’t use information in apps where you primarily store personal content—such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Photos—for advertising purposes, period." Wait, what? Is this some weasel word soup going on? I do not believe this for one second.
- gipp 6y ago
  What about this is unbelievable to you?
  - bilal4hmed 6y ago
    there was a link where that text is https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/ https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/
  - ciarannolan 6y ago
    That the largest for-profit, personal data collection effort on earth would not try to exploit data about email, calendars, photos, files, etc. to sell me more stuff? What about that is believable to you? You just take them at their word and call it a day?
- season2episode3 6y ago
  I'd actually take them at their word that they don't sell your data directly. That'd be fucked up. They do, however, use your data to make money by slotting you into segments and selling the anonymized _segment_ data to advertisers. It's still extremely invasive, just in a sorta subtle way. Selling your data directly is the sort of behavior I'd expect out of companies that are evil and don't care about being seen as evil (see: wireless carriers, "location intelligence" companies, etc)
gentleman11 6y ago
Advertising use is one of the uses I am least worried about, and yet is the only use that they promise to not pursue

ciarannolan 6y ago

>"As always, we don’t sell your information to anyone, and we don’t use information in apps where you primarily store personal content—such as Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Photos—for advertising purposes, period." Wait, what? Is this some weasel word soup going on? I do not believe this for one second.

gipp 6y ago
What about this is unbelievable to you?
- bilal4hmed 6y ago
  there was a link where that text is https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/ https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/
- ciarannolan 6y ago
  That the largest for-profit, personal data collection effort on earth would not try to exploit data about email, calendars, photos, files, etc. to sell me more stuff? What about that is believable to you? You just take them at their word and call it a day?
season2episode3 6y ago
I'd actually take them at their word that they don't sell your data directly. That'd be fucked up. They do, however, use your data to make money by slotting you into segments and selling the anonymized _segment_ data to advertisers. It's still extremely invasive, just in a sorta subtle way. Selling your data directly is the sort of behavior I'd expect out of companies that are evil and don't care about being seen as evil (see: wireless carriers, "location intelligence" companies, etc)

gentleman11 6y ago

Advertising use is one of the uses I am least worried about, and yet is the only use that they promise to not pursue