To what extent does Google invade users privacy when scanning for advertisement information?
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I think that you should modify your question a bit and elaborate about the “scanning” part. Does Google do this by gathering all the data that is openly available about individuals online (Facebook, Google+ profiles)? Or does Google scan personal email accounts, documents (i.e Google Docs, DropBox, iWork) or other data that’s not meant to be openly viewed.
Hi Christopher,
I think the concept behind your question is great, there’s a lot to talk about, even after being precise by limiting privacy issues to advertising. My advice would be to alter the question around to wrap around the phrase targeted advertising. Scanning for advertisement information sounds like it could be rephrased in a better way as Google isn’t “scanning” for advertisement information itself but rather scanning personalized data to match it with their ads.
Mazhar and Yevgeniy offer great advice about sharpening your language. I’d also like to suggest that you greatly expand in your question what you mean exactly by “Google invade users privacy.” What do you mean by “invade”? “Privacy?” And which users? Privacy laws can vary state by state as well as country by country. You’ll need to specify in your question which users you are talking about.