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A comment on Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for their own purposes?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for thei... by danieldk on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:34PM (#18452430)
Besides what the parent already mentioned, I was also a paying GSuite user for some years (when it was still called Google Apps for Applications/Business). And I had e-mail contacts (Google Mail is covered by GApps) appear as suggested profiles, etc. in Google+ (then not covered by GApps).

Even if there is no malice, it seems that they are not enforcing strict boundaries between their products.

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Re:Ask HN: If I use GSuite does Google mine my data for thei... by TheReverend403 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:11PM (#18452864)
> And I had e-mail contacts (Google Mail is covered by GApps) appear as suggested profiles, etc. in Google+ (then not covered by GApps).

It's still a Google service tied to your account, gsuite or not. It doesn't surprise me one bit that there's still a bit of integration there. They already have your email and the emails of others in your address book that you willingly gave them. It's not like they're mining you to steal those and give you creepy suggestions.

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