Big brother is watching you! - Which of them?

    A study by Privacy International has put Google at the bottom of the list of companies that take user personal information seriously.

    The study revealed that a huge number of companies have problems with data protection, but not one of them is close to Google’s problems, which "acquire the status of a critical hazard for users' personal data."

    Among these issues:
    • There is no opportunity [for the user] to delete the stored data [about him]
    • Google does not follow generally accepted OECD Privacy Guidelines and European data protection laws
    • The duration of data storage is not indicated (or not determined), there is no clear definition of the boundaries of the possible use and / or disclosure of this data


    In response to this study, Nicole Wong said that Google takes the privacy of its users seriously and cares about its image.

    Despite the next exposure of Google as Big Brother, which monitors everyone, other companies were also seen in such actions. Microsoft, for example, used the confidentiality of the MS Word 97 format to store and send data about users of corporate versions of MS Office, and HP placed invisible points with simple eyes on printouts from its printers (which made it possible to identify the specific printer from which the printout was made).

    Interestingly, no one has yet bothered to study the bunch of eBay + PayPal (plus the freshly acquired Skype). Using the long-known rule follow the moneyit can be assumed that eBay "has long known everything about everyone." And that Google in this case simply catches up with a competitor.

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