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by asdf1234tx 2822 days ago
"...I'm collaborating with dozens of writers.."

You may be collaborating with more people than you know. Cause it's, you know, google. I wonder how many third parties get access to your data. Remember, when you aren't paying or pay very little, _you_ are the product.

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The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties [...] Google does not collect, scan or use data in G Suite Core Services [including Google Docs] for advertising purposes.

https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/security/security-white...

Disclaimer: I work at Google Cloud, but not G Suite/Docs.

Does Google have any clauses like this with regard to Google Docs contents? I didn't think they did, but maybe I'm naive.

On another note that sentiment always reminds me of Morning Moon by the Tragically Hip (https://youtu.be/o-cI87djK2Y). It's a sentiment that bears a lot of truth, regardless of Google's privacy policy. But I digress...

I'm not making strain

Said, "Someone's paying

When something's too cheap

Somebody's paying something"

You said, "Some one's paying something."

Under a morning moon, yeah

Say those little things that don't make anyone feel better, yeah

You're saying that Google might be reading my blog posts if I use Google Docs? Somehow crawling it for content, maybe?