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[–] sunbeam60@feddit.uk 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Not if you trust your data to a company that makes money from selling said data to advertising companies.

[–] fantasyocean@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Companies make a little money selling your information. It is better to assume that any information you hand over to a private entity will be sold. It doesn't matter if they say that it isn't going to be at that time. Should they ever fold your information goes to the first bidder.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

I mean in general. Not just google...