Google has just announced it will proceed to introduce a major update on its privacy policy and terms of service in an attempt to make using Google products a “beautifully simple, intuitive user experience”. It involves linking user data across its email (Gmail), video (Youtube), social-networking (Google Plus) and other services.
For example, if you spend an hour searching on Google (while you are signed in to a Google account) for the latest iPhone, the next time you log into YouTube, you might get recommendations for videos featuring the iPhone, along with ads for the iPhone and the nearest place to buy them.
These changes will take effect on March 1, and Google will be notifying users today via email and a notice on their homepage.
How is this different from what Google was doing before?
Google has always collected this sort of information, for example, you may have noticed … [Read More]
