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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by dekhn on Thursday July 21, 2022 @08:10PM (#32186896)
Google does not monetize the private data in their cloud/business services. This is a different division of the company. People claim this a lot, but even in the ad part of the company, any data exchanged with other companies is not personalized.

If you have any highly specific claims about this please point to news articles in reputable journals which have not already been repudiated.

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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by fulafel on Friday July 22, 2022 @09:03AM (#32191468)
Counterexample of monetizing private data: https://dottech.org/84167/google-is-sued-for-showing-ads-in-... and https://www.theverge.com/2016/12/14/13958884/google-email-sc...
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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by dekhn on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:37PM (#32198445)
Showing people ads based on their keywords is not monetizing private data (showing ads on Gmail is dumb, but for other reasons). I don't actually see any ads (haven't for a long time) on gmail.
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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by encryptluks2 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @09:00PM (#32187231)
I too would like to see examples. I find when people jump on the hate train and literally make things up that they usually have ulterior motives or just repeat whatever they read on 4chan.
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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by malepoon on Friday July 22, 2022 @01:28AM (#32188836)
Even if that's true, do we really want our children to grow up with (and get used to) these services that are usually "free" for personal use but paid for by tracking people across the internet, separate division or not?
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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by pelasaco on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:15AM (#32190096)
The assumption that the "European" solutions would be the true Paladin of the justice is historically/morally wrong. It cannot be serious and as we can see in this blog post, is just fed by companies fighting for the same market.
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Re:Dutch schools must stop using Google's email and cloud du... by tallanvor on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:47AM (#32190932)
What percentage of adults do you think are paying for email services in Europe? I'd be shocked if it ended up even being 10%!
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