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Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google form?

I'm curious. Is it safe to do a registration though google forms for a small-time club which has legit professional reasons to gather your personal information. I know I can contact them directly and ask for alternatives. I am sure this would be a hassle for them. Yet it's putting all my credentials out on somebody's else's account. I don't know even if the information will be encrypted. The alternative would be emailing them directly and that's the same thing?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google... by helph67 on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:03PM (#29465669)
My opinion is that you are better to deal with organisations that guarantee your privacy and Google is not your friend.
Re:Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google... by OOvsuOO on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:51PM (#29466183)
I agree, in opinion. Does anyone have any evidence to support this opinion? Specifically regarding sending sensitive information over google forms?
Re:Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google... by muzani on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:32AM (#29469915)
It's roughly similar to email afaik, if not safer. It'll probably get extracted to some document. At least with Google forms the extraction is manual, giving less places to leak.
Re:Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google... by tedmiston on Monday December 06, 2021 @11:10PM (#29468986)
> Yet it's putting all my credentials out on somebody's else's account.

I definitely would not put credentials into a Google Form. The results are plaintext...

Re:Ask HN: Is it smart to put your personal info on a Google... by stevenalowe on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:59PM (#29466254)
It’s fine - the form connection is secure as is the backend storage.