'It all started heading downhill after they changed their ter...'

From the comments on 'Google, Privacy, and You'

Harvey wrote:

It all started heading downhill after they changed their terms and conditions / privacy statement on the Google site. A couple of years ago it was a 2 sentence statement saying the equivalent of "Google will never share your personal data".

Now it's a multipage legal-department-approved uber document.

This was proof at the time that the engineers are no longer in charge at Google. And that's a scary thought. "Don't be evil" is going to turn into "Don't be evil*".

(* for full disclosure of the don't be evil statement, please contact your local Google office for a copy of our Don't be evil handbook. All errors and omissions excepted.)

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