Re: [privacy] Watchdog group slams Google on privacy

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

I'm confused, is the "threat to privacy" based on the amount of data
you given these sites and is then held by the site owner?

I guess I don't see it as all that bad that google knows what I'm
looking for - especially since their ads have actually helped me find
it quicker in the past. If they were providing that information to
third parties then I'd think there's a privacy issue. But, again, what
I give them I expect them to know. That's no more of a threat than the
info my bank has on me, or the big three credit reporting agencies
(wow!). And its only an issue with those places if there's a breach of
security or they sell it to someone...

On 6/9/07, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070609/ap_on_hi_te/google_privacy_1;_ylt=Al91jy
> LJwfHpyr6Lsw7J.TwE1vAI
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