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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by rbera on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:17PM (#36423776)
The weird part to me at least is that they don’t ask for affirmative consent prior to transferring all your data, billing details, etc., to Squarespace. This isn’t some 1:1 acquisition, the Google Domains UI won’t even exist anymore. Even stranger considering the Google workspace subscriptions are moving as well, no idea how Squarespace is handling that. At least transfers aren’t frozen so you can get away from Squarespace’s terrible product prior to the deal closing.

(I know Google has the legal right to do this, but that’s not the issue here.)

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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by duringmath on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:41PM (#36424110)
You want companies to consult users on M&A decisions? What next cookie consent style popups but for merger contracts?

This is how this stuff goes I don't think whining about it is very productive.

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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by teraflop on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:23PM (#36424785)
Maybe this is a radical position, but if users have given you data based on the agreement that you'll follow a particular privacy policy, then material changes to that policy should require the user's consent.

If a user doesn't consent, then sure, you can go ahead and do whatever policy changes or mergers or acquisitions you want, but you don't get to include that user's data in the deal.

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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by jon9544hn on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:24PM (#36423877)
Wait, like THE Google Workspace subscriptions are moving? Do you have a source? I might have missed that in the announcement - sounds like a total disaster waiting to happen..
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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by mc32 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @04:34PM (#36424016)
Probably means they will act as a G-WorkSpace reseller for those accounts affected.
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Re:Google IS selling all my personal information in Google D... by ctippett on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:49PM (#36425129)
I read somewhere that Squarespace is already a reseller of Workspace, so the new accounts they acquire will likely slot into whatever current mechanism exists for managing and supporting these customers.

Apparently the Google Domains UI is sticking around too, although who knows how long that'll last.

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