[LINK] Pew: 2/3rds of User Oppose Google's Terms
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Tue Mar 13 10:49:07 AEDT 2012
[Picked up from ACCAN News]
Users wary of Google's privacy policy changes: survey
Published 7:02 AM, 12 Mar 2012 [Probably US, so UT-5-8]
http://technologyspectator.com.au/industry/internet/users-wary-google-s-privacy-policy-changes-survey
Reuters
Search engines users disapprove of personal data being collected for
search results or for targeted advertising, according to a Pew survey
released last week that underscores the public's growing concern with
web privacy.
The survey results come after Google said in January it was
simplifying its privacy policy and would pool data on users across
its services, including YouTube and Gmail.
Users cannot opt out of the new policy. It has generated scrutiny
from European and Brazilian regulators.
[They've missed a few, but I haven't seen Brazil mentioned before.]
The Pew Internet & American Life survey showed that 65 per cent of
users said it was a bad thing if a search engine collected
information about searches and then used it to rank future search
results. They worried it could limit information users get online and
what search results they saw.
An even larger 73 per cent said they would not be OK with a search
engine keeping track of searches and personalising future search
results because it would be an invasion of privacy.
Just 38 per cent of internet users said they were aware of how they
could limit information about them that is collected by a website.
Google Inc. is by far the most popular search engine, with 83 per
cent of search users saying they used it most often. Yahoo Inc.
trailed at six per cent, the survey found.
The survey was conducted from January 20 to February 19 among 2,253
adults age 18 and over, including 901 cell phone interviews. The
margin of error for the full sample is plus or minus 2 percentage
points.
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