John Andersen wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Daniel Bauer
wrote: 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...
CITATION NEEDED.
As far as I know, nobody has shown that google sells "profiles" of anyone. In fact if you look at their privacy statement they specifically say they dont. http://www.google.com/mail/help/privacy.html
"We do not sell, rent or otherwise share your personal information with any third parties except in the limited circumstances described in the Google Privacy Policy, such as when we believe we are required to do so by law."
Ah, and here's the rub, isn't it? "...such as when we believe we are required by to do so by law." The great escape hatch. Have 'they' defined "[we] believe [we are required]"? What's their definition of "believe"? And, ".....to do so by law" -- whose 'law'? The 'law' in America, in Britain, in Sweden? Law in China? And they don't "share....information with any third parties..." ..... except with the Chinese government who then put a blogger in the slammer after Google gave them his details.
If you are going to spread this FUD, you better have your sources nailed down, documented and proven.
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