f you're amazed - and maybe even a little alarmed - about how much Google seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning Thursday, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables the Internet's most powerful company to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than 1 billion users.
Google says the changes will make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information, and allow the company to create more helpful and compelling services. Critics, including most of the country's state attorneys general and a top regulator in Europe, argue that Google is trampling on people's privacy rights in its relentless drive to sell more ads.
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Here's a look at some of the key issues to consider as Google tries to learn about you. Read more: http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=46580123&afid=1
Google says the changes will make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information, and allow the company to create more helpful and compelling services. Critics, including most of the country's state attorneys general and a top regulator in Europe, argue that Google is trampling on people's privacy rights in its relentless drive to sell more ads.
Related story: Clear your Google search history now
Here's a look at some of the key issues to consider as Google tries to learn about you. Read more: http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?aid=46580123&afid=1