Comments on: Google to purge some data after 18-24 months http://www.aquick.org/blog/2007/03/14/google-to-purge-some-data-after-18-24-months/ entertaining hundreds of millions of eyeball atoms every day Thu, 2 Sep 2010 20:25:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: adam http://www.aquick.org/blog/2007/03/14/google-to-purge-some-data-after-18-24-months/comment-page-1/#comment-794 adam Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:12:44 +0000 http://www.aquick.org/blog/2007/03/14/google-to-purge-some-data-after-18-24-months/#comment-794 I don't think I've ever said they're totally evil. In fact, I think they've done a lot of good. I do think they've serially ignored valid privacy concerns, engaged in a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to copyright standards, privacy, and transparency, and constructed terms of use and privacy policies that are necessarily vague on important details. This seems like a good first step towards ameliorating that, but it's just that - a first step. Time will tell if this turns into anything tangible. I don’t think I’ve ever said they’re totally evil. In fact, I think they’ve done a lot of good. I do think they’ve serially ignored valid privacy concerns, engaged in a lot of hypocrisy when it comes to copyright standards, privacy, and transparency, and constructed terms of use and privacy policies that are necessarily vague on important details.

This seems like a good first step towards ameliorating that, but it’s just that – a first step. Time will tell if this turns into anything tangible.

]]> By: J$ http://www.aquick.org/blog/2007/03/14/google-to-purge-some-data-after-18-24-months/comment-page-1/#comment-793 J$ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:27:35 +0000 http://www.aquick.org/blog/2007/03/14/google-to-purge-some-data-after-18-24-months/#comment-793 so they're not totally evil after all so they’re not totally evil after all

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