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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1399597" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>No need to try again. The other agreements make it pretty clear that the use of data is for the maintenance of the service. The agreements don't suggest that the data will be used for any and all purpose(s) (if it did, lawyers would have been all over those companies years ago). In fact, privacy policies by Google and Dropbox all make it clear that they need your permission to do stuff with your content:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/" target="_blank">Google</a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/terms" target="_blank">Dropbox</a> (I love how this isn't "legalese"):In essence, they all retain the right to do whatever they want with your content as long as it's kept internal.</p><p></p><p>I think what's most disturbing about each of these services is the regulation of content. They all abide by the law of the land (which is fine) but how do they control this? I suppose it could be through user reporting but some are quite specific about how they do it (and it's not pleasant). Apple for instance has the following in their <a href="http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/en/terms.html" target="_blank">iCloud TOS</a><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />re-screen? Really?</p><p></p><p>That's a little more specific (invasive) than the others:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/microsoft-service-agreement?SignedIn=1" target="_blank">Microsoft</a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/terms" target="_blank">Dropbox</a>:</p><p></p><p>I suppose they could all be "pre-screening" - who knows.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/" target="_blank">Google's</a> however is a bit more re-assuring (still quite nebulous though):An assurance...hmmm....</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not defending anyone. They're all cloud services which require you to "sign over" some control for the privilege of using the service. The operative word there though is "all".</p><p></p><p>Tl;dr - Everyone's pretty much the same. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>_____________________________</p><p></p><p>And, to counter any "Google is an advertising company so of course they want your data" arguments, which are inevitable in discussions like this, I present the following excerpt from the <a href="http://www.apple.com/privacy/" target="_blank">Apple privacy policy</a>:And the <a href="http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/fullnotice.mspx" target="_blank">Microsoft Privacy Statement</a>:No one's made this argument yet but I know it's coming (it always does).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1399597, member: 71075"] No need to try again. The other agreements make it pretty clear that the use of data is for the maintenance of the service. The agreements don't suggest that the data will be used for any and all purpose(s) (if it did, lawyers would have been all over those companies years ago). In fact, privacy policies by Google and Dropbox all make it clear that they need your permission to do stuff with your content: [URL="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/"]Google[/URL]: [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/terms"]Dropbox[/URL] (I love how this isn't "legalese"):In essence, they all retain the right to do whatever they want with your content as long as it's kept internal. I think what's most disturbing about each of these services is the regulation of content. They all abide by the law of the land (which is fine) but how do they control this? I suppose it could be through user reporting but some are quite specific about how they do it (and it's not pleasant). Apple for instance has the following in their [URL="http://www.apple.com/legal/icloud/en/terms.html"]iCloud TOS[/URL]:Pre-screen? Really? That's a little more specific (invasive) than the others: [URL="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-live/microsoft-service-agreement?SignedIn=1"]Microsoft[/URL]: [URL="https://www.dropbox.com/terms"]Dropbox[/URL]: I suppose they could all be "pre-screening" - who knows. [URL="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/"]Google's[/URL] however is a bit more re-assuring (still quite nebulous though):An assurance...hmmm.... Again, I'm not defending anyone. They're all cloud services which require you to "sign over" some control for the privilege of using the service. The operative word there though is "all". Tl;dr - Everyone's pretty much the same. ;) _____________________________ And, to counter any "Google is an advertising company so of course they want your data" arguments, which are inevitable in discussions like this, I present the following excerpt from the [URL="http://www.apple.com/privacy/"]Apple privacy policy[/URL]:And the [URL="http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/fullnotice.mspx"]Microsoft Privacy Statement[/URL]:No one's made this argument yet but I know it's coming (it always does). [/QUOTE]
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