Google Vs. Google Privacy Policy

As human beings and citizens of the world, everyone values their privacy. It is a right that is often looked over and taken for granted by most. Since the beginning of time, there have been concerns about individuals’ rights to privacy and their personal information remaining confidential. Our founding fathers had concerns about this which is why, “…this right has developed into

We are now living in a world where information about almost anything and everything is available at the click of a button and Google helps make it possible. While everyone loves Google it is important to not to stain that reputation and put any wrinkle on its merits. With the availability of information comes the risk of violation of privacy. Despite having good code of ethics and privacy, Google has been subject to criticism concerning the privacy of its users. Google as a search engine keeps track of its user’s search history and uses tracking cookies to collect enormous amounts of information - personal and general. Information collected through one simple search will not give

Privacy is defined and interpreted differently depending on the person or persons involved. The one thing that is agreed upon is that privacy in all forms is a right and shall receive equal protection for all people under the laws of the constitution. This includes the right to our personal affairs to be let alone, financials, medical records, opinions, privacy of worship, privacy in our homes and intimate interactions. However right to privacy extends far beyond our personal lives and information being left alone and out of the public eye. In the past privacy was not something that was thought of so

As Oliver Diggelmann and Maria Nicole Cleis wrote in a 2014 article published in the Human Rights Law Review, the right to privacy has two distinct meanings: “privacy as freedom from society” and “privacy as dignity.”

Despites its detailed privacy policy and the many reminders to read and understand the same, users feel compelled to agree to any and every rule that they make so as not to be left out in the information revolution that the world seems to be warped by. This is extended to the extent of the sanctity of personal emails and even our home being challenged by Google products like Google Ads in Gmail and Street view on Google maps.

Privacy is something that most people believe is not possible on the internet, but with the correct knowledge it can be possible. In Nicholas Carr’s essay “Tracking Is an Assault on Liberty”, he states that “It is very easy to find information about people on the internet, even private things that people don’t expect others to be able to see” (538). People don’t realize that what they do online can affect their personal lives such as their credit score, the ads that are recommended to them, and even the cookies in their computer. While Carr may have great points, he may not have considered the ways people do have privacy. There are some ways to protect browsing, people just need to know how. Most browsers have a mode that allows people to visit sites without being tracked. There’s no history, and no cookies.

Privacy in all sense is the catalyst for the need for some sort of protection to carry out these promises that our forefathers have set, where the need for some sort of common law or tort that comes into play. A tort is a civil wrong other than a breach of contract. It recognizes the right to a victim of a tort to recover compensation in the form of money damages

Privacy is mainly about trying to improve your social and business opportunities by concealing the sorts of bad activities that would cause other people not to want to deal with you" (qtd in Shaw 23). The general population really has nothing to hide from the government. According to the government, if that is the case, then the public has nothing to fear and should relinquish all rights to privacy. While in theory, that would be a grand solution, but Americans still want to feel as if they have a choice who sees their information and what particular information is shared. Corporations, such as Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook, use our browser history and internet search patterns to solicit us and recommend things that we may be interested in. We still feel that we have privacy, since these companies provide us with encrypted devices, however they themselves invade our privacy and use our information for data mining purposes. This can be compared to "digital Stockholm syndrome" (27). Consumers do not give a second thought to the price and overlook the invasion in their privacy to get the latest and greatest

[2] Since then there have been occurrences involving governmental agencies, software applications, and social media information gathering about personal information without consent. Privacy is still a new concept for Americans and will continue to evolve with technology, as well as other aspects of

Privacy is a concept idea that could be understood on a certain level. However, according to “The Evolution (Or Devolution) of Privacy by Debbie V.S Kasper, the definition of the word itself changes dramatically base on variety of social institution and the situation that that the term is referring to. There are countless ways to interpret the meaning of privacy, but unfortunately, due to the broad nature of the conceptual structure of the idea, none of the statement has proven to be adequate to use as an official definition. Because of this reason, I strongly believe that privacy in today’s society does not exist anymore. Many studies have suggested that technological advancement is the main factor that leads to the dissolution of privacy,

The first place we look to find an explanation of privacy is in the United States Constitution. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause”. This type of privacy allows people should be able to keep their information and property personal, from government and other citizens, unless there is a

There have been many attempts to define privacy and many philosophers and jurists, sociologists, and definitions so that computer scientists have created on the basis of context. Warren and Brandeis defined privacy as "the right to be left alone." No privacy information when they can control the use, release and circulation of personal information. And violation of privacy occur when people can not keep a real degree of control over their personal information and use it. However, most of that definition be a mistake (in the solove,

Katz (Katz, 2008) argues that location sharing implies tracking and content monitoring and therefore involves personal privacy. In Pokemon Go, they once collected their data from accessing Google account that fully accessed more than basic profile data (Brandom, 2016). Applications like Pokémon Go, allows the sharing of the user’s private information to Google, are expected to handle that information carefully and explicitly inform the users how it is being used when they sign up for terms and conditions. Researchers from commerce often point to its ubiquity and convenience as the primary sources of subscriber value (Anckar and D’Incau, 2002) like Metcalfe`s law, which the value of telecommunication technology increases as the number of viewers increase. Moreover, people can share their Pokémon or location via social media, revealing their private information and where they are. It has four types that company like Niantic, Inc. collects: location privacy, electronic communication privacy, individual information privacy, and public place privacy (Samuelson, 2008). Google lets Pokémon Go on accessing Gmail so that they could track their information of what location the users mostly go, who you are so that they can begin tracking your history and everything that they have done because they have all that information on their servers, and through the micro-transaction, they figure out what items they mostly

According to the text, Google relies on tracking along with other activities to maintain profitability, it has large stake in the privacy issue (p.471). Google has been working on updating their privacy policy to better comply with what the users want when it comes to their private information. In 2012, Google revamped their privacy policy and combined all its information it gathered from its users from the different Google services. Google drafted a 13-page letter answering all government questions (p.469). Google states that all users have the option of turning off certain features that collect users information. The new policy also states that it would not impact the amount of data it gathers or deletes and that it remains highly committed to user privacy (p.469). If Google can continue to follow this new policy where it commit to its users privacy and not have it clash with its profitability then Google users will be happy. Majority of Google users just want to make sure that when they use the Google search engine, their private information is secured and not leaked to hackers. Google has the power to respect its privacy and maintain its profitability by keeping the two issues separate.

Google is the leading search engine used by millions of internet users all over the world. The organization started with a search engine in 1996. The organization’s mission is to “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. Since the company started, the world has evolved tremendously. Over the past twenty years, society has become reliant on the accessibility of information on the internet. The demographic of internet users has advanced since the beginning of the new millennium. When most people think of finding information online, Google.com is usually the preferred search engine. Although the organization has an excellent success story, there have been legal matters that affect the way