Starting from a search engine, Google later grew into the Internet giant, which provide services. Starting from the email service Gmail, share video via YouTube, via Blogspot blog provider, to social networks via Google +.
This causes many services Google has billions of document data Google privacy policy of users of different services. In Google’s official blog, Director of Private, Product and Engineering Google, Alma Whitten, Google has a document explaining at least more than 70 service privacy product range.
With this reason (Google privacy issues) that Google then change Google privacy policy, and try to integrate that information into a single user profile.
Google will impose a single integration of information about Google privacy policy that began March 1, 2012. However, notification about Google privacy issues is sent to users starting January 24, 2012, via email and his homepage.
Reaping Problem
Although new Google privacy policy assessed how Google to facilitate and simplify the user’s information, but the suspicion arising from privacy protection and advocacy agency anti-trust regulators. Single profile Google privacy policy which is a combination of information various Google services feared would be ‘assets’ value will be used Google.
Reporting from the Guardian, the information users Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, Google +, Picasa, Blogspot, Android, and other Google services, will be ‘sold’ for the benefit of Google’s advertisers to increase revenues.
But any information that could be collected Google privacy policy? Quoting the Washington Post, all user information is entered in the Google ecosystem. For example, a written agreement on the journal of Android-based smartphone, your location data from Google Maps and Google Latitude, search preferences, contacts in smartphones based on Android, and others.
“There’s no way someone wants privacy policy Google,” said Executive Director of the privacy advocacy group Center for Digital Democracy, Jeffrey Chester, told the Washington Post.
“There’s no way users can understand if a connection could affect cross-platform Google provides information about health, political opinion, and your financial condition,” said Chester.
Not only that, Google’s competitors began insinuating Google privacy policy is single. Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace then work together to develop a tool called “Do not Be Evil”, which is claimed to neutralize any attempt to search engine results are arranged so that the results are biased toward the expected results of Google services.
Naming tool itself is obviously a very ironic. Because, “Do not Be Evil” or do evil have been the informal slogan of Google, to create a corporate culture of honest and open.
Google’s rebuttal
Google also later denied that the new Google privacy policy will be violated and exploited for business interests. In its official blog, Google said users can avoid the new settings by using the Google privacy policy tool “privacy” or “incognito”, which can be arranged in the browser.
Thus, Google privacy policy still frees the user to provide data and information (data liberation). In this way, users can also avoid the Google service offering online advertising.
Google also guarantee will not sell Single profile Google privacy policy service user personal information, and will not share its contents without permission, or within a certain scope of such court order.
“We strive to be transparent about the information (Single profile Google privacy policy) we collect and how to provide meaningful choice to use our services,” Google said in a statement.
Google’s move was later welcomed by the European Commission. According to European Commission Vice President, Vivian Reding, Google is applying the right steps in announcing the Google privacy policy change, and explain in a transparent manner.
“Google acted quickly. Even before the Commission (Europe) decided the new law in Europe, Google has made initial steps in the application of the new Google privacy policy,” said Vivian Reding, as quoted by the Washington Post.
During this time, Vivian Reding also known as a leader in advocating for internet privacy and data protection.
So what if you do not like Google privacy policy ?
If indeed Google privacy policy for the settings to ‘direct’ search engine according to user information, then you stay out (sign out) or non active of any service from Google.
If you feel less safe, you can use the option “privacy” offered by Google privacy policy, or even a tool “Do not Be Evil” developed Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Thus, your privacy is still protected from the threat of disorder named advertising spam.
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