The Google Privacy Policy describes how we treat personal information when you use Google's products and services, including information provided when you use Google Co-op. In addition, the following describes our privacy practices that are specific to Google Co-op.
Personal information
- You need a Google Account to use the Google Co-op service. Google asks for some personal information when you create a Google Account, including your email address and a password, which is used to protect your account from unauthorised access.
- When you sign up for Google Co-op, you have the option of creating a profile page for yourself. This profile may include a nickname that you provide us, a photo, your geographical location and other user information. If you create a profile, all the contents of the profile will be publicly available.
- If you have a profile, other users will be able to view each site that you have labelled, other users whose labels or subscribed links you have signed up for and any subscribed links you provide.
- Google collects and maintains information about your activity on Google Co-op, including the labels and links to which you subscribe, lists of other users that have subscribed to your labels or links and your preferred settings when using Google Co-op.
In order to provide the service, all the information described above is collected and maintained on Google servers. In addition, we may combine the information that you provide when using Google Co-op with information from other Google services or third parties in order to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our services.
Your choices
- You may update or change your user profile at any time by going to your profile page. You may also delete your profile by clicking the "Delete My Co-op Account" button on the profile page, but doing so will terminate your use of the service.
- You may edit or delete labels, change the users whose labels and links you are subscribing to and otherwise set your Google Co-op preferences by signing in to the Co-op Homepage at any time. Information that you delete from the service will not be viewable by other users and will only be retained by Google on a non-personally identifiable basis.
- You may terminate your use of the service at any time by clicking the "Delete My Co-op Account" button on your profile page and information associated with your use of the service will be deleted.
- Information that you delete from the service, whether within the service or as a result of terminating your use of the service, cannot be viewed by other users and will only be retained by Google on a non-personally identifiable basis.
Google adheres to the US Safe Harbour privacy principles. For more information about the Safe Harbour framework or our registration, see the Department of Commerce's website.
Further information about Google Co-op is available here.
For more information about our privacy practices, go to the full privacy policy. If you have additional questions, please contact us any time. Or write to us at:
Privacy Matters
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