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It doesn't necessarily convert to their property from an intellectual property POV, but it is "Google's data" in the sense that you contractually allowed them t
by cookiecaper 13y ago
It doesn't necessarily convert to their property from an intellectual property POV, but it is "Google's data" in the sense that you contractually allowed them to utilize it as described in the ToS and privacy policies, which one is free to reject or accept.
You know the old saying, "If you're not paying for a service, you're the product." Why expect anything else? Google is a for-profit company and it's an expensive thing to run. They deserve something for the services provided, don't they?
- embolism 13y agoIn other words it's nothing at all like a fee, as you described it earlier. But, if things are as you say, Google can do whatever it likes with the data according to the ToS. If people don't like data about them being given to the Government, or used for any other undisclosed purpose, they shouldn't have used Google.
- cookiecaper 13y agoIt sounds like a fee to me. That is the price that Google asks for admission to its services -- access to the data that you transfer whilst using Google services. Monetary fees are also contractually specified. I'm not sure why you think that just because the "fee" is non-monetary that you have to transfer all ownership rights in whole, instead of those defined as the price of entry in the contracts agreed to upon account registration.
- embolism 13y agoWhen you pay a fee, you don't have any rights to limit what's done with the money after you've handed it over.