tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169624808612493701.post3260478126720209540..comments2009-03-22T16:52:16.320-07:00Kristin Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507405856874441165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169624808612493701.post-85583267518274235252009-03-22T16:52:00.000-07:002009-03-22T16:52:00.000-07:00well, we can't make any judgments now about this new change <BR/><BR/>but anyway I'm not very optimistic about it<BR/><BR/>GhadaGhadahttp://www.doubleurincome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169624808612493701.post-463750892440270382009-03-18T23:27:00.000-07:002009-03-18T23:27:00.000-07:00So what is a site's privacy policy supposed to say? Maybe: "Sorry, you don't have any privacy any more. Get used to it."Gordon R. Vaughanhttp://twitter.com/aeroGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9169624808612493701.post-12735775140168405772009-03-18T14:30:00.000-07:002009-03-18T14:30:00.000-07:00That advisory on "you must revise your privacy policies" took me by surprise too.<BR/><BR/>Another angle that concerns me is that, while Google offers you an opt-out cookie, this doesn't necessarily do anything about cookie-less IP/userAgent/surfPattern tracking... all those advertisements are "web beacons", pinging Google when you visit a new page. Google still doesn't let you examine what data they store on you, much less opt out of that process. Tracking-by-cookie is a start, but not the totality.John Dowdellhttp://blogs.adobe.com/jdnoreply@blogger.com