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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by wang_li on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:20PM (#17159279)
Targeted advertisements is one way that Google uses data about its users to generate cash. Just like users use Google Docs to create invoices, use Google Search to find solutions to problems, and use Gmail to send resumes and receive job offers. The exchange here is the use of the service for the gathering of the data. How it's used post exchange is not relevant. Is a person who decides to cease using gmail going to quit the job that they used gmail to, in part, get?

The fair result of a person choosing to stop using a company's service is that they get to stop paying for that service, i.e. Google doesn't get to collect data about your current and future activities.

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Re:GDPR for lazy people: Block all European users with Cloud... by takeda on Friday May 25, 2018 @08:52PM (#17159426)
The difference is that your data is still valuable whether it is week later or 10 years later. While it is unlikely Google does it, the data also can be sold to multiple parties and that doesn't diminish its value.

People truly underestimate how much information about them is actually worth.

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