On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:20 PM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric Schmidt admitted nothing that all of us didn't already know. We've all > been sitting around drinking tea pretending that gorilla wasn't there...the > gorilla that means you have no privacy. Eric was just bold enough to point > it out.
So, way is Google compiling and storing and aggregating all that personal data? Why is Google spending what is probably a hefty amount of money to do all of that? CEO Schmidt says it is because of the Patriot Act. Is there some requirement in the Patriot Act that necessitates the collection of personal data on customers and the keeping of that data for some specified period of time just in the event that a portion of it may needed by "authorities?" Or, is it more likely that Google really collects this data to be provided to other businesses as a revenue stream? I just don't see Google spending their time and money in order to retain data on behalf of law enforcement unless they are essentially a division of law enforcement or see themselves as such and thus act accordingly. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
