Original Article on Wired Magazine

On Tuesday, Google announced that it would be streamlining the bulk of its products privacy policies into a single document, effective March 1. Under the banner One policy, one Google experience, the companys new Policies site says that it is getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one thats a lot shorter and easier to read.On the Official Google Blog, a post by Alma Whitten, Googles Director of Privacy, explains how this new privacy policy will affect users: Our new Privacy Policy makes clear that, if youre signed in, we may combine information youve provided from one service with information from other services, Whitten writes [emphasis mine]. In short, well treat you as a single user across...(read more)