Google’s privacy policy has had a lot of controversy surrounding it. The official google blog states that it is there to improve and customize their service and was put in place to produce quicker and more accurate search results. The problem is the concern for privacy. Majority of people, are not comfortable with all their internet activity to be tracked, especially when using a shared or public computer.

People use google to search sensitive topics, and they should be able to do so without broadcasting it to their family. I think privacy is a very grey area. It is hard to tell when a line has been crossed, and once it’s been crossed things can escalate quickly. I think this new privacy policy will only open doors for other companies to do the same. Furthermore I think it could encourage governments and companies to dismiss the importance of the individual’s privacy. Even if you don’t think this policy is violating privacy, which I believe it is, it is certainly headed in that direction. The video and article here talk a bit more about google and also highlight some negative results that could arise from the privacy policy.

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