On Friday 20 June 2008 12:20, Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Friday 20 June 2008 12:05, Daniel Bauer wrote:
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Google conctructs profiles about every gmail user, using the contents, but also any other data that can be derived from emails. You might not care about that because you have nothing to hide, but it can be that one day you want to buy a house, a life insurance, whatever - and you simply can't, because googles profile sold to that company says you're not the type of good customer they want...
So far Google has a stated policy of holding per-user information confidential. Do you think they're likely to change that policy? And if so, do you think they'll refuse to allow you to erase all such personal information before they begin selling or otherwise disclosing it?
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Another thing to consider is that Google is actively developing services for personal medical records management. It's pretty hard to imagine people allowing Google to manage what is just about the most sensitive information anyone has while they are simultaneously selling other personal information. They would seriously undermine their ability to operate in the medical records realm if their users don't perceive them as trustworthy with other personal information. While it's true there are pretty strict laws governing the disclosure of personally identifiable medical information and it would be a felony for them to allow such disclosures, the simple consumer trust issue could easily be enough to derail their intentions to enter or remain in the medical records management realm if they betray users' trust in more mundane realms. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org