It also, consequently, makes the advertisements which they show to you far less valuable. So this feature is not widely advertised.

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[+] 76 points 9 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 47 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    They do. When enabled, they don't use it to serve you ads based on those things.

    They still collect and sell it. They just don't show you ads based on it.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Google says it doesn't sell your personal info to third parties. While you would be well within your reason to suspect this isn't true, it is actually legally relevant because it means, as a consequence, Google doesn't provide a "do not sell my personal information" opt-out link which would otherwise be required by California law (where Google is headquartered).

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