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title: "GoogleWorld the new Web and privacy"
description: "<p>Whether it is <a href="http://ww.gmail.com/"><strong>Gmail</strong></a>, <a href="http://base.google.com/"><strong>Google Base</strong></a>, <a href="http://video.google.com/"><strong>Google Video</strong></a>, <a href="http://answers.google.com/"><strong>Google Answers</strong></a>, <a href="http://froogle.google.com/"><strong>Froogle</strong></a>, <a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/"><strong>Google Blog Search</strong></a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/"><strong>Google Book Search</strong></a>, <a href="http://maps.google.com/"><strong>Google Maps</strong></a> and <a href="http://toolbar.google.com/"><strong>Google Toolbar</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/"><strong>Google</strong></a> seems to be conquering the world by offering a lot of services in different and diverse areas.</p>
<p>(You can get a good review of the various Google Services <a href="http://www.tipmonkies.com/2005/11/17/the-penultimate-guide-to-google-services"><strong>here</strong></a>)</p>
<p>With your Google Account (which is also your Gmail email), Google can also track a person specifically and learn things about what him/her, what he/she searched for, shoped, interest in, etc.</p>"
doc_version: "1"
last_updated: "2017-06-02"
date: 2005-11-25
tags: [Amazon, Google, Privacy, Web-2.0]
canonical: "https://eran.sandler.co.il/2005/11/25/googleworld-the-new-web-and-privacy/"
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Whether it is [**Gmail**][1], [**Google Base**][2], [**Google Video**][3], [**Google Answers**][4], [**Froogle**][5], [**Google Blog Search**][6], [**Google Book Search**][7], [**Google Maps**][8] and [**Google Toolbar**][9], [**Google**][10] seems to be conquering the world by offering a lot of services in different and diverse areas.

(You can get a good review of the various Google Services [**here**][11])

With your Google Account (which is also your Gmail email), Google can also track a person specifically and learn things about what him/her, what he/she searched for, shoped, interest in, etc.

Actually, according to [**this**][12], Google also learns a lot about you even without having a Google Account.

The main problem with Google is that they are not actually showing the users what they are doing with this information.

Yes, they have [**privacy policy**][13]. Yes they claim they are &#8220;[**not evil**][14]&#8220;, and to some degree I believe them, but I really want to know what is being done with the information being gather on me.

Let me take [**Amazon**][15] as an example. When I buy things at Amazon they save it in their database. They also encourage me to fill in a wish list or even mark products that I already own so they will be able to offer me products that I&#8217;m interested in.

In addition to that, when they recommend something to me they always tell me why this product was offered to me and I can directly see and understand what they did with the information they gather about me and the information I have supplied them.

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* * *Google will soon hit the privacy wall hard and as more sites of the &#8220;

[**forbidden word**][16]&#8221; will start gathering more and more information about people and their doings, I think its time for Google and the rest of the world to start actually showing to people what is being done with this information.</p> 

A good start would be like Amazon is doing by telling you why things have been recommended.

 [1]: http://ww.gmail.com/
 [2]: http://base.google.com/
 [3]: http://video.google.com/
 [4]: http://answers.google.com/
 [5]: http://froogle.google.com/
 [6]: http://blogsearch.google.com/
 [7]: http://books.google.com/
 [8]: http://maps.google.com/
 [9]: http://toolbar.google.com/
 [10]: http://www.google.com/
 [11]: http://www.tipmonkies.com/2005/11/17/the-penultimate-guide-to-google-services
 [12]: http://www.rinf.com/news/nov05/googlefacts.html
 [13]: http://www.google.com/privacy.html
 [14]: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html
 [15]: http://www.amazon.com/
 [16]: http://yanivg.blogspot.com/2005/10/joel-on-web-20.html