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Google responds to privacy policy concerns (updated)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Tony Fromm reports:

Google is pushing back against complaints about its new privacy policy, saying users can still prevent the company from linking all the data it collects about them by turning off their search history, by skipping some of Google’s offerings or by using different Google accounts at different times.

In a letter to lawmakers who have raised questions about the new policy, the company says users will have plenty of ways to control how their personal data is collected and used — even though they can’t opt out of the privacy changes altogether.

Read more on Politico.

Update: A copy of the letter is available here.

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