Privacy Online: Google
Archived guide
Google (former) CEO Eric Schmidt
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.”
-- Eric Schmidt, Google CEO
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Eric Schmidt's concern for his own privacy:
- Eric Schmidt Tried To Get Google To Hide His Political Donation In Search ResultsFrom Business Insider, Apr. 1, 2011
- Under Eric Schmidt, Google evolved beyond its famous slogan—and created the internet we love and fear todayFrom Slate, December 22, 2017
Gmail and privacy
“Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient’s assistant opens the letter, people who use web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient’s [email provider] in the course of delivery.”
-- a brief filed by Google in Federal Court
- Google filing says Gmail users have no expectation of privacyFrom CNet, August 13, 2013
- Why Gmail and other e-mail services aren't really freefrom CNN, April 2014
- Secure Privacy Email Options 2017from Best VPN, March 2017
- Welcome to the Age of Privacy NihilismFrom The Atlantic, Aug 23, 2018
Google search and privacy
- Stop Google from tracking your activitiesfrom Bloomberg, July 2018
- Google tracks everything you do: here's how to delete itfrom Wired, March 2017
- Everything Google Knows About Youfrom NBC News, March 28, 2018
- Google Forced to Delete Data in UKfrom Bloomberg, April 13, 2018
- Many Popular Android Apps Illegally Tracking Kids, Study Findsfrom PC Magazine, April 17, 2018
Search engines that don't track you
- Duck Duck GoCommunity-driven search engine that doesn't track searches or collection personal information
- Don't Track UsWhy to use Duck Duck Go instead of Google
- StartPageStartPage removes all identifying information from your query and submit it anonymously to Google, then returns the results to you in privacy. Does not track IP address or searchers, and does not use tracking cookies.
- Fantastic Private Search Engines That Respect Your Privacyfrom Best VPN, July 23, 2018