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Google has both summarized and lengthened its published privacy policies, probably in response to continual murmurs
of alarm—or, should I say, alarmism. The summary files are much
friendlier to navigate than the fully stated policy, and Google helpfully breaks down the summaries by service: Google
Talk, personalized home page, Desktop, Gmail, etc.. this repackaging of what amounts to a very standard privacy policy
(as far as I can tell) won’t assuage the fears of those threatened by Google. But I fail to see why Google gets
disproportionate attention on this matter. I don’t think Google knows more about me than Yahoo! does. Users have a
clear choice. Enjoy the benefits of participating in a big, interactive, personalized online service, or don’t. If
Google is a threat to old-world privacy values, it is only because it is part of the Internet.
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