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Well, Google does sell user data (see Squarespace acquisition [1]) but sure not yet to an advertiser. IIUC, it's a much more vetted system than most online adv

Well, Google does sell user data (see Squarespace acquisition [1]) but sure not yet to an advertiser. IIUC, it's a much more vetted system than most online advertisers do. Chase has some screenshots [2] which would imply they're not grabbing data at runtime from a 3rd party and it seems very similar to their experiences "adverts" [3]. I think PayPal's Offers is probably the best parallel. [4] [1]: https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670?hl=en https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670?hl=en [2]: https://www.chase.com/mediasolutions/solutions https://www.chase.com/mediasolutions/solutions [3]: https://www.chase.com/personal/events/experiences https://www.chase.com/personal/events/experiences [4]: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/offers https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/offers

nerdix 3y ago
If Google sells a part of its business to another company then the data required to operate that business must be included in the sale. That goes without saying. And a lot of companies "sell user data" by that metric. Also, there is no indication that Squarespace has received any user data that is not required for them to take over Google Domain operations (so they would get a user's domains, billing info, etc but not their Google Maps location or their search history).