Google ToS rated: “keeps your searches and logs for an undefined period of time”

Re:Google ToS rated: “keeps your searches and logs for an un... by eksith on Sunday May 05, 2013 @02:50AM (#5657653)

GitHub's one clause is a rather alarming.

  Your account can be suspended and your data deleted any time for any reason.

The addition:

  ...forfeiture and relinquishment of all Content in your Account

I'd like to think they go to suspension first and deletion as a very last resort well after you're notified of a reason. This rather draconian provision feels unnecessary when you could similarly go with just a "if you store illegal/liebelous/infringing stuff here, we'll delete it" clause.

They're not unique in this regard, but I'm curious as to why companies that genuinely care about the integrity of the data and the trust you place in them to store it will include such a statement in the first place.

That conflicts with the next one quite badly.

  Transparent security practices

How is an opaque deletion policy considered transparent?

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Re:Google ToS rated: “keeps your searches and logs for an un... by hugoroy on Sunday May 05, 2013 @03:42AM (#5657747)

We don't consider their opaque deletion policy transparent. We only consider that they are transparent about some of their security (compared to most equivalents i'd say). See the whole thing (click "Expand"):

> + Transparent security practices Discussion

> GitHub gives a detailed overview of their own security practices and their service providers' practices and obligations.

https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tosdr/2vIh4l7sTnk/discussi...

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