[eddythompson80]

> As to whether Google has done this before or not is completely irrelevant.

Isn't that the whole issue in discussion? Google never did this before, and as a result they could always claim "we will never, ever, sell your information". This just changed as now they decided to sell that data to Squarespace. So they can't claim that anymore, right?

I understand that Google had no other option. As far as I know, ICANN requires a registrar to transfer domains to another registrar if they are going out of business. So either they support the service forever, or sell their user data to another registrar and remove that statement as they no longer uphold that statement.

They got themselves into that business. No one forced them to sign an agreement with ICANN that could one day force them to transfer that information to someone else, but they did.