Personally i find it a little scary that big corporations have access to personal information like this. It doesnt seem justified that something like a search, which should be private, is public to advertising companies and others. Why should large companies be able to go through that information when we cant access it ourselves? I think if anyone should be able to grab my search history, it should be me, not the big name company looking to get more of my money. It almost feels as though im being watched through the screen when i search google for information that i'd like to view. Thats not a very comforting thought to me. This information should be kept private and not given away to anyone without consent of the person in question.
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Personally i find it a little scary that big corporations have access to personal information like this. It doesnt seem justified that something like a search, which should be private, is public to advertising companies and others. Why should large companies be able to go through that information when we cant access it ourselves? I think if anyone should be able to grab my search history, it should be me, not the big name company looking to get more of my money. It almost feels as though im being watched through the screen when i search google for information that i'd like to view. Thats not a very comforting thought to me. This information should be kept private and not given away to anyone without consent of the person in question.