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It's a function of accuracy.
I don't mind too much that Google keeps track of a lot of things "about" me, as long as it's accurate. Where life gets painful is when the data is NOT accurate, but treated by businesses and governments as though it were. Credit bureaus exemplify the issue: Citizens for Public Accountability published a study that estimated over 7 MILLION people had been denied credit or charged higher rates due to false or inaccurate data in credit reports in just the last ten years.

Inaccuracies in government databases have led to everything from preventing Senator Ted Kennedy from flying commercially (the TSA database fiasco) to having people misidentified as suspects shot and killed by federal, state and local police. The courts have absolved all law enforcement agencies from any responsibility for these tragedies, even when they are caused by negligence or gross incompetence.

Google search histories have become prime fishing grounds for law enforcement types who are digging for even the remotest clues in criminal investigations. How sad would it be to have them kick in your doors just because the last person to use your IP address before you was a suspected tax evader or child molester?
Posted by: terry flores   Posted on: 07/11/09  (Edited: 07/11/2009 @ 04:35) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Wow. No real surprise there  John Zern | 07/11/09
Indeed  DontSpreadLies | 07/13/09
RE: Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy  SimpleRules | 07/11/09
Google collects information...  fake_user | 07/11/09
Ha Ha  jdbukis@... | 07/12/09
The trouble is...  belkorin | 07/14/09
I bet google collects more info then the gov...  x21x | 07/11/09
It's a function of accuracy.  terry flores | 07/11/09
Really?  John Zern | 07/11/09
Google knows everything about you!  privacy matters | 07/11/09
LOL...  x21x | 07/11/09
Yeh, it did happen....  privacy matters | 07/11/09
RE: Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy  dassani.sidharth@... | 07/11/09
I have no Google ID  MariusSilverwolf | 07/11/09
Read the linked document  snafu_77 | 07/12/09
You are exposing your friends' privacy to Google...  privacy matters | 07/12/09
Google is a shadow government  Comnenus | 07/12/09
"Chrome OS is coming to town"...  mgp3 | 07/12/09
Micro$haft does the same thing  Wintel BSOD | 07/13/09
I don't see anything wrong with target ads in exchange for fee stuff  wackoae | 07/12/09
Sounds like a lot of people too lazy to setup a pop/smtp account.  osreinstall | 07/12/09
Is Google a Religion?  eyecee | 07/14/09
There are a lot with blind faith with no rational.  osreinstall | 07/14/09
RE: Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy  RedVeg | 07/13/09
Finally  Californian | 07/13/09
Try to look at it from a non-US perspective  garethhowell | 07/14/09
Exactly.  gamefreak9310 | 07/18/09
RE: Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy  dtvsux | 07/26/09

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