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D-Day Is Coming: How Google's Strong-Arm Tactics Will Hurt Consumers

By , About.com GuideFebruary 1, 2012

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Or should I say "G-Day" is coming.

March 1, 2012 -- mark your calendars because that is the day everyone who uses Google will be required to accept their new Terms of Service / Privacy Polices if they want to keep using Google products.  Refuse (opt-out) and every Google account you have will be deleted including YouTube, Gmail, webmasters, analytics, blogger, if Google owns it, you they can cancel it.

Google has been amassing data about you from your computer, phone, mobile device, Internet habits, and your accounts (i.e., YouTube, Gmail, etc.) for a long, long time.  Now you will be required to give them permission to use that data for their own marketing purposes.

If you have an Android phone, Google will invade just about everything nook and cranny on your phone.  And, the new way Google will deliver search engine results will have an instant, dramatic, negative impact on anyone who cares about search engine optimization.

What Google's New Terms of Service (TOS) Really Mean To You

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