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Changes at Google raise privacy concerns
There has been a lot of chatter on the web lately about Google's new, unified Terms of Service Agreement. As of March 1st, Google will begin tracking users’ activities across all their services, from their search engine to Gmail to YouTube. But, some fear having all of their Google activity rounded up in one place may not be a good thing. This week, our internet expert Andrew Fazekas takes a look at Google's new privacy policy, why it's so controversial and how it may affect you.
- http://mashable.com/2012/01/24/google-changes-again-launches-one-privacy-policy-to-rule-them-all/
Andrew’s links:
- www.TheNightSkyGuy.com
- twitter.com/thenightskyguy
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Night-Sky-Guy/78350852774
- http://www.youtube.com/user/TheNightSkyGuy
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