The Hubbub over Google's New Privacy Policy

My HuffPo piece on the company's policy shift.

members-only post Jan 17, 2012 2-min read

Google recently announced that it will soon start more closely stitching user information together. Effective March 1st, the company will monitor user behaviors, habits, preferences, concerns, desires, and activity closer than ever before. Information gleaned from YouTube (say, watching a Rush video) may be used to place a relevant ad in Gmail, perhaps for concert tickets.

Many people are crying foul. They lament the privacy ramifications for Google users and the world at large. Are these real concerns, or are they overblown?

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