[PaperTacos]

"I hope you all realize what google has access to, maybe this will help you think twice- telephony log information like your phone number, calling-party number, forwarding numbers, time and date of calls, duration of calls, SMS routing information and types of calls. When you use a location-enabled Google service, we may collect and process information about your actual location, like GPS signals sent by a mobile device. We may also use various technologies to determine location, such as sensor data from your device that may, for example, provide information on nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers.We may collect and store information (including personal information) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches.We may use the name you provide for your Google Profile across all of the services we offer that require a Google Account. In addition, we may replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. If other users already have your email, or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible Google Profile information, such as your name and photo. I suggest you all take a minute to read googles privacy terms"

I did not write that.

Just a side note: The founder of megaupload was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

[Prodigy9]

I don't get it. Google stores personal information on its users, the MegaUpload fellow is going to jail, and King Spartacus has to be made aware of this? Could you explain what relationship if any connects these things?

[Eldalar]

Okay I read it and I don't understand your problem.

telephony log information like your phone number, calling-party number, forwarding numbers, time and date of calls, duration of calls, SMS routing information and types of calls

How do they get that information? Do they offer phone services? In that case, yes ... they need that information for police as well as to charge you. Otherwise, how do they get that information from the phone companies and why is that legal, when even Police needs a reason to get that kind of information and can't just go around checking the phone calls for everyone. (or am I wrong and they can do that?)

When you use a location-enabled Google service, we may collect and process information about your actual location, like GPS signals sent by a mobile device. We may also use various technologies to determine location, such as sensor data from your device that may, for example, provide information on nearby Wi-Fi access points and cell towers.

Or in short: "Our system works.", as far as I can understand "location-enabled Google service" means systems that inform you or others about your location, meaning that without storing and processing that data they can not get that service to work at all (or at least not without asking you every few seconds where you are and even then they have to buffer that data somewhere aka storing it, not even talking about Logs etc.). Is it completely harmless? No, but it is one of those cases, where you have to either use it and take that risk or not use it.

We may collect and store information (including personal information) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches.

The key word being "locally", the Browser Web Storage as far as I used it till now is simply a local database in order to store data in it. That is about the same as cookies or programs leaving files on your file system for configuration. Naturally those data are at least partially personal, since they need to well ... be available to you, like the notes you make and stuff like that.

We may use the name you provide for your Google Profile across all of the services we offer that require a Google Account. In addition, we may replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. If other users already have your email, or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible Google Profile information, such as your name and photo.

Or in short: "We keep your data as up to date as possible and show your name to the people in your friends list and the data you publicly make available will be publicly available.".
I really don't understand the problem with this. Google has unified the login for Googlemail, youtube etc. with a Google Profile account and naturally if you login with the account "dirk" they won't call you "deathray".
It don't say that Google is totally holy and should be free from any suspicion but if I didn't misread the whole thing it is trying to make people afraid of Google, because they do what they say, offer those services they advertise.

[Cannabin0l]

Somebody's been watching Sex and Death 101...

(Some people will get that joke lol)

[PaperTacos]

I don't get it. Google stores personal information on its users, the MegaUpload fellow is going to jail, and King Spartacus has to be made aware of this? Could you explain what relationship if any connects these things?

It was to show King while we were talking in-game but then he made a strong argument.

[lollingwaffle]

I may sound stupid saying this but are you against this or for it as i have always seen megaupload as a dodgy link website! ! ! ! ! !