Google doesn't sell your data:
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/#nosharing
Rather, its business model is using this data on behalf of advertisers. That is a highly significant distinction, in my personal opinion.
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/#nosharing
Rather, its business model is using this data on behalf of advertisers. That is a highly significant distinction, in my personal opinion.
I'm willing to trust this one, specific company with my data because I know their privacy policy and their practices. Handing that data off to arbitrary other companies for a buck is another matter entirely, I wouldn't be comfortable with that; that's what "selling your data" means, that phrase has a specific meaning, and claiming that's what Google does is a misrepresentation.
What you're saying is that if I tell my friend Sean a secret in confidence, it's all the same whether or not he proceeds to share it with all his friends. In my mind, and in most people's minds, it isn't.