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Google Will Use Your Profile Information In Their Ads – Unless You Opt Out
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<blockquote data-quote="KaptainBug" data-source="post: 197155" data-attributes="member: 16563"><p>Google has just updated their terms of service allowing them to use your Google profile information in their ads. Which is worrying, because who <em>really</em> reads terms and conditions?</p><p></p><p>The scheme is called “Shared Endorsements” and <a href="https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3403513?hl=en&p=plus_sesetting&rd=1" target="_blank">Google describes it as follows</a>:</p><p></p><p>But what Google fails to realise is that perhaps you don’t want your “friends” to know that you have +1′d a new song or album. They are going to use your information and your opinions without your permission – unless you opt out.</p><p></p><p>Yes, that’s right. There is a way to opt out of “Shared Endorsements”. Simply <a href="https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en" target="_blank">go to this link</a> and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Then uncheck this box and click “Save”. Then you’re out.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]11482[/ATTACH] </p><p>And in future, maybe all of us need to consider the possibility of actually reading terms and conditions.</p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-will-use-your-profile-information-in-their-ads-unless-you-opt-out/" target="_blank">Makeuseof.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KaptainBug, post: 197155, member: 16563"] Google has just updated their terms of service allowing them to use your Google profile information in their ads. Which is worrying, because who [I]really[/I] reads terms and conditions? The scheme is called “Shared Endorsements” and [URL='https://support.google.com/plus/answer/3403513?hl=en&p=plus_sesetting&rd=1']Google describes it as follows[/URL]: But what Google fails to realise is that perhaps you don’t want your “friends” to know that you have +1′d a new song or album. They are going to use your information and your opinions without your permission – unless you opt out. Yes, that’s right. There is a way to opt out of “Shared Endorsements”. Simply [URL='https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en']go to this link[/URL] and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Then uncheck this box and click “Save”. Then you’re out. [ATTACH=full]11482[/ATTACH] And in future, maybe all of us need to consider the possibility of actually reading terms and conditions. Source: [URL='http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-will-use-your-profile-information-in-their-ads-unless-you-opt-out/']Makeuseof.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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