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Google is following you.

Yesterday evening, Google announced a effective March 1. The new policy is consistent across the vast majority of Google products, and it鈥檚 in English; you don鈥檛 have to speak legalese to understand it. But, the new privacy policy makes clear that Google will, for the first time, combine the personal data you share with any one of its products or sites across almost all of its products and sites (everything but , , and ) in order to obtain a more comprehensive picture of you. And there鈥檚 no opting out.

This comes on the heels of 骋辞辞驳濒别鈥檚 new Search, plus Your World, a feature combining search results from the public web with private information and photos you have shared (or that have been shared with you) through Google+ or Picasa. See? I told you Google is following you.

So, what does 骋辞辞驳濒别鈥檚 new policy mean for you? Anytime you鈥檙e signed into your Google account, whether on a computer, tablet, or Android phone, Google collects information about you 鈥� that鈥檚 not new. But, come March, what you do on one Google-owned site will affect what content you might see on another Google-owned site. The head of 骋辞辞驳濒别鈥檚 privacy for product and engineering that integrating an individual鈥檚 profiles across 骋辞辞驳濒别鈥檚 sites will help Google 鈥渇igure[e] out what you really mean when you type in Apple, Jaguar or Pink,鈥� provide more relevant ads, 鈥減rovide reminders that you鈥檙e going to be late for a meeting based on your location, your calendar and an understanding of what the traffic is like that day鈥� (thanks, Mom), and 鈥渆nsure that our spelling suggestions, even for your friends鈥� names, are accurate.鈥�

And while it鈥檚 easy to see some of the benefits of the new policy, it鈥檚 important to keep in mind the other implications of the changes. For example, have you ever Googled something you didn鈥檛 want to tell your parents/spouse/friends/doctor about? Have you ever had a personal conversation over e-mail that you didn鈥檛 want broadcast to the world? With this new integration, your e-mail content won鈥檛 influence only what ads you see in Gmail, and your search terms won鈥檛 influence just what ads you see when you鈥檙e searching. As of March 1, your e-mail content and search terms could influence ads you see on any Google site. So, imagine watching a YouTube video with friends or family and suddenly having an ad based on what you assumed was a private e-mail conversation or a personal Google search appear. Yikes! And short of signing out of your Google account, there is no opting out.

What鈥檚 more, this data aggregation is not just about what ads you see, but as , it creates an even larger treasure chest of personal information ripe for government picking.

And what about anonymity? 鈥渞eplace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services.鈥� But, what if you deliberately keep different names on your various accounts? What if, for instance, you want your e-mail address associated with your legal name, but would prefer for your YouTube account not to tie directly to you? Unfortunately, 骋辞辞驳濒别鈥檚 new integration policy will make it very difficult, if not impossible, to do so.

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