If I pay for GSuite and I browse the web while logged on to my GSuite account using Chrome, for example, does Google mine my data/metadata/behavior for the purposes of advancing their business model? Or just to "help deliver my services"
Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
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Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#2I'd be very surprised if Google wasn't doing that with your data. It's their business model.
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#3Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
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Care to summarize your conclusion so we all don't have to download the PDF?
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
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For the lazy...
> G Suite customers own their data, not Google. The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties. We offer our customers a detailed data processing amendment that describes our commitment to protecting customer data. Furthermore, if customers delete their data, we commit to deleting it from our systems within 180 days. Finally, we provide tools that make it easy for customer administrators to take their data with them if they choose to stop using our services, without penalty or additional cost imposed by Google
>No advertising in G Suite There is no advertising in the G Suite Core Services, and we have no plans to change this in the future. Google does not collect, scan or use data in G Suite Core Services for advertising purposes. Customer administrators can restrict access to Non-Core Services from the Google Admin console. Google indexes customer data to provide beneficial services, such as spam filtering, virus detection, spellcheck and the ability to search for emails and files within an individual account.
Data Processing Amendment: https://gsuite.google.com/terms/dpa_terms.html
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
Care to summarize your conclusion so we all don't have to download the PDF?
For the lazy... > G Suite customers own their data, not Google. The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties. We offer our customers a detailed data processing amendment that describes our commitment to protecting customer data. Furthermore, if customers delete their data, we commit to deleting it from our systems w…
I like to think of myself as having "alternative" priorities :)
Thanks a bunch!
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#7I'd be very surprised if Google wasn't doing that with your data. It's their business model.
Except when someone's paying them cold hard cash for something like G Suite, you'd think that should be enough of a business model for them...but I think you're right to remain skeptical of that. :\
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Care to summarize your conclusion so we all don't have to download the PDF?
For the lazy... > G Suite customers own their data, not Google. The data that G Suite organizations and users put into our systems is theirs, and we do not scan it for advertisements nor sell it to third parties. We offer our customers a detailed data processing amendment that describes our commitment to protecting customer data. Furthermore, if customers delete their data, we commit to deleting it from our systems w…
Does it stop them from finding generalities in the data and selling that info?
Re: Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?
#9Officially not.
In reality, nobody knows, and given their business model I wouldn’t be surprised if they did anyway.
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I used to pay for GSuite and still found my content being mined. With all due respect to Google, I find it hard to believe that they're as consistent as they believe with filtering paid vs free accounts across the service.
I could be, and am open to being, wrong, though. I'm not Google. Just found myself with substantially less targeted advertising once I left.
And actually that's slightly interesting - how does one determine a bug re: being the recipient of targeted ads when you shouldn't be? Probably wording it wrong without coffee in me, but I hadn't thought of it like that.