After reading this article, I was quite surprised that such a large company that Google is would be applying methods of privacy invasion on iPhones and Mac computers. I was surprised because Google seems to portray that they are keen on privacy protection, especially after recently releasing a new privacy policy. The point of a privacy policy is to explicitly state how your privacy can be invaded while using the product, and going against it is not only immoral but detriments a reputation. Google has broken Apple's privacy policy by bypassing a certain flaw in the Safari browser that allows them to monitor a user online.
Google has plenty of products and they are certainly gaining information according to their own policy, which is why I decided to investigate further on exactly what information they are collecting and what they are doing with it. I decided I would start with Google's new privacy policy. After seeing some of the licences in lecture that were using words and other terms that were over my head, I have to say that the policy is an easy read and gets to the point quickly. There is no redundancy and explicitly states what information they collect and what they use it for. I also appreciate that they are blatantly telling us how our privacy is being interfered without any confusion and that there is also a FAQs section of the policy which answers very useful questions.
Although the policy is clear, I now know that Google is collecting a lot more information than I assumed. Their tools are very useful, but it seems like it is impossible to use anything Google related without having at least some of your data collected by them. In my opinion this is how the Internet will continue to evolve, where privacy protection isn't an issue, and we will continue to be monitored as log as we are online.
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