Google’s Data Collection Practices: The Scary Truth
Sep 25, 2020
The major data scandals of the past five years or so have mainly focused on Facebook. Cambridge Analytica was a big slip up which severely damaged the reputation of the digital giant. However, as a massive digital company, Google has its own data collection practices and it may well shock you to learn the extent of these.
The scale of data collection by Google
A paper titled Google Data Collection was published in 2018 by Professor Douglas C. Schmidt of Vanderbilt University. The report revealed the extent of Google’s data collection, as well as how that data is being stored and potentially used…
