Google’s New Privacy Policy
posted by Daniel Solove
Google recently revised its privacy policy:
Old Policy (July 1, 2004)
New Policy (Oct. 14, 2005)
Philipp Lenssen has a humorous translation of the legalese of Google’s new privacy policy. A brief excerpt:
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What they say |
What they really mean
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Google collects personal information when you register for a Google service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other Google services or third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you. |
When you want to use one of our sites, I mean really use them, we put up those little boxes where you type your name and stuff. Whatever you type in any of those sites goes to our great big machine somewhere in the basement, and from there, all of our employees can pretty much sniff around in it and do fun stuff with it, like read it out loud on office parties. |
For more Google humor, check out Randy Siegel’s joke Google website in the year 2084. (Hat tip: Thinking About Technology)
We here at Concurring Opinions have a privacy policy. Please don’t get alarmed after reading it — it’s a joke, of course. We don’t sell your information to others. Really. Not because we care about your privacy — just because we haven’t found somebody to pay us for it yet. . . .
October 15, 2005 at 6:42 pm
Posted in: Google & Search Engines, Humor, Privacy
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