Google to merge user data across more services

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Google is overhauling the way it treats user data, linking information across its array of email, video and social-networking services so that information gathered in one place can be used in another....

the changes could irk privacy critics because of the sheer volume of information collected — including your location, list of contacts and the contents of your email.

Google hopes to improve the user experience across its different services and give advertisers a better way to find customers.

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