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by skwirl 3879 days ago
Like in their search engine indexes? The EU has been attacking that for a couple of years now.
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No, in the "share on Google+" buttons and in "login with Google" buttons, and with captchas, and who knows what else. There are dozens of companies tracking your every move, Google is just one example.
Adsense "users" (website visitors), Google Analytics "users" (website visitors), etc, etc. Its a deep rabbit hole. Imagine a world where Google can't store all of this data.
I have been, for a while now.
I was referring to Google collecting non-user data as a practice and strategy. What would it mean to them if they were blocked (legislatively) from doing so?