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Amount of daily searches on Google. 150 million searches per day from 100 different countries How many of you use Google regularly? How many of you have the Google Toolbar?. Does Google invade your privacy?. Electronic Privacy Information Center
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Amount of daily searches on Google • 150 million searches per day from 100 different countries • How many of you use Google regularly? • How many of you have the Google Toolbar?
Does Google invade your privacy? • Electronic Privacy Information Center • Claims of privacy infringements against Google. • Google Toolbar records reams of information • from its users.
How does Google invade your privacy? • Records every search item. • Records every website visited from that search. • (Toolbar) Records every website visited, with or without using the search option. • When it records it tracks time of day, language, IP address, and the type of browser that is being used.
Who gets this information? • Google may share information about you with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. • It claims to only share surfing habits, however, all of our personal information may be at risk! (tracking the IP address)
How does this affect you? • Not only is your personal information being given to other parties without your consent, but also it leaves you vulnerable from attacks on your computer from spy ware, pop-up ads, or Trojan viruses. • This allows hackers full access to your computer.