Google has more rights to the personal content users share than most people may have realized.
In its recently updated terms of service, the company acknowledges that it not only scans email, but retains the right to use personal content for marketing and internal development purposes.
If that’s not enough to make you jittery, consider this: There could be even less privacy down the line. Google has significant mobile ambitions, including its modular smartphone dubbed Project Ara. Google previewed the phone, now in the earliest stages of development, at a developer event in Santa Clara, Calif. this week.
Cell phones pose multiple privacy problems, including lack of anonymity, location tracking and easy interception.
Google's New Terms of Service Raise Privacy Concerns
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