Re:Google now lets you password-protect the page that shows ...
by irjustin on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:26AM
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We're being wordy technical so I'll join.
I think it's correct to call this a deletion. Assuming the anonymization happened correctly (for this argument, let's say it did).
Namely, I disagree that the anonymized constitutes "your data" now and it was disassociated at the time of inclusion of the "pool". You may have generated it, but there's no way of knowing that you or anyone else generated that data. There's literally no way to show proof of claim for that dataset - otherwise it not anonymous.
Because of that, I think Google can claim they are deleting your data accurately while still maintaining usage analytics.
I think it's correct to call this a deletion. Assuming the anonymization happened correctly (for this argument, let's say it did).
Namely, I disagree that the anonymized constitutes "your data" now and it was disassociated at the time of inclusion of the "pool". You may have generated it, but there's no way of knowing that you or anyone else generated that data. There's literally no way to show proof of claim for that dataset - otherwise it not anonymous.
Because of that, I think Google can claim they are deleting your data accurately while still maintaining usage analytics.