Tkzxun
2011-11-29, 09:52
Google owning ITA booking software and having access to booking data from companies that use the software such as Expedia are two different things?
I agree that Google is getting more data to help them target their marketing. For me it is not an issue unless they hold personal data that confirms an identity (such as that for travel bookings); should Google ever get such data hacked then there would be a major issue of individuals being exposed to identity fraud.
Features that can be entirely turned off:
• clientID (unique identifier that logs usage metrics (stats and speeds, etc) and crashes)
• Suggest (could share text typed into address bar to suggest the website you might be trying to find)
• Page not found (could share text typed into address bar when the page isn't found)
• Bug tracker (could share details about crashes or failures)
• Google Updater (could share info about Chrome version)
Features that can be partially turned off:
• RLZ identifier ("encoded string, according to Google, contains non-identifying information how Chrome was downloaded and its install week, and is used to measure promotional campaigns. Google provides the source code to decode this string.")
Features that cannot be turned off:
• Random installation token (used to measure success rate of Google Chrome installation)
I agree that Google is getting more data to help them target their marketing. For me it is not an issue unless they hold personal data that confirms an identity (such as that for travel bookings); should Google ever get such data hacked then there would be a major issue of individuals being exposed to identity fraud.
Features that can be entirely turned off:
• clientID (unique identifier that logs usage metrics (stats and speeds, etc) and crashes)
• Suggest (could share text typed into address bar to suggest the website you might be trying to find)
• Page not found (could share text typed into address bar when the page isn't found)
• Bug tracker (could share details about crashes or failures)
• Google Updater (could share info about Chrome version)
Features that can be partially turned off:
• RLZ identifier ("encoded string, according to Google, contains non-identifying information how Chrome was downloaded and its install week, and is used to measure promotional campaigns. Google provides the source code to decode this string.")
Features that cannot be turned off:
• Random installation token (used to measure success rate of Google Chrome installation)