They've made mistakes in the past, but their privacy model is actually pretty good as long as your risk assessment includes the carve out "I'm comfortable with Google knowing a lot about me."
And if you aren't, there are plenty of alternatives. But unlike Google, they often don't have a security or privacy model to speak of because they haven't taken the lumps Google has in the past for messing up.
And if you aren't, there are plenty of alternatives. But unlike Google, they often don't have a security or privacy model to speak of because they haven't taken the lumps Google has in the past for messing up.