Google's New Online Privacy Rules

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Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy

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Google 's new rules on tracking people online allow so-called "fingerprinting" Allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices.

Google had previously come out strongly against this kind of data collection, saying it "subverts user choice and is wrong" But opponents say fingerprinting and IP address collection are a blow to privacy.

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