We’re always working on making it easier for you to understand and control your data so you can make privacy choices that are right for you. Earlier this year, we launched a new Google Account experience that puts your privacy and security front and center, and we updated our Privacy Policy with videos and clearer language to better describe the information we collect, why we collect it, and how you can control it.
Today, we’re making it easier for you to make decisions about your data directly within the Google products you use every day, starting with Search. Without ever leaving Search, you can now review and delete your recent Search activity, get quick access to the most relevant privacy controls in your Google Account, and learn more about how Search works with your data.
I guess it’s a good step, but I think we’re long past the point where it even matters.
And just how would we ever know if Google really had deleted anything? I believe with all my heart that they’d gladly delete all that data they gathered on us, just because they’re run by some very generous people… </sarcasm> Seriously, we’ll never know if the delete request ever deletes anything in any online service. More than likely, they just stop it from showing up in our account. They’ll never get rid of their most valuable product.
I believe that at least Google really deletes all of it.
They have zero incentive to lie, since the data of a single person is virtually worthless given their already massive database, and have a lot to lose if it leaks that they don’t comply with the request. As for the actual leaking, all that takes is a single really angry freshly fired employee with the right email copies.
… It’s all it takes. (Talking to all of industry here).
A backdoor to their necesary backdoor. And a skunkworks team. Rest of the coders can rest assured they’re doing no evil.
A company is fully Open, or is not Open. Truer the lower they mess with the stack; Soft, firm, or hardware.
UEFI belongs to its Consortium. The Linux desktop to 2 Corps. RISC world worse at it.
BTW Thom, can you make the quote button in comment reply work when using the desktop site from Chrome for Android (the mobile version of OSAlert is pretty lame so I use the desktop site), and make the text box not cover the “Submit comment” button when I type a relatively long message (a workaround is to post a dummy message and edit it afterwards btw).
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Why doesn’t OSAlert redirect all http requests to https, and include pinning so that it can’t be faked?
It’s such an easy thing to do in most webservers, why hasn’t anyone done this yet?
When I click “post comment” while not logged in it redirects me to a login page that just fails when I try to login without any indication of what went wrong.
In addition this site has a very ugly mobile version which it links me to when accessing it using elinks.
More ontopic: Anyone who relies on Google for their privacy is too stupid to have privacy in this world. Google did not get big by caring about your privacy. They got big by selling all your information. And they are not planning on shrinking any time soon.
…said before:
Making the big ones, an specially Alphabet, un-incumbent would ammount to Re-Ingeneering the Internet.
avoiding Google as much as possible is a good habit, but difficult.
why my msg about being “too late” has been removed ?
it is true that it is too late, they have gathered more than necessary over 8 years, what does it changes now???
Heh, your “just too late” message wasn’t removed, you posted it under wrong news story… (here: http://www.osnews.com/comments/30820 )