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Google's New Privacy Policy: A Reading

Lately, Google has begun to bombard me. I cannot watch a Youtube video, check a Google Doc, or run a web search without getting accosted by an urgent request to read Google's new privacy policy. The changes at Google hold particular relevance to every Columbia student, as the University moves forward with its plan to scrap Cubmail for Gmail.

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<		The prospect that a Columbia-wide shift to Gmail might be cause for concern was picked up, albeit briefly, by campus media. Ultimately, seeing as how I do interact with Google on a fairly regular basis, I decided to actually sit down and read the privacy policy. Here are the highlights, as I see them:
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>		The prospect that a Columbia-wide shift to Gmail might be cause for concern was picked up, albeit briefly and sardonically, by campus media. Ultimately, seeing as how I do interact with Google on a fairly regular basis, I decided to actually sit down and read the privacy policy. Here are the highlights, as I see them:
 1) Google collects the information we volunteer.

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