Google’s New Privacy Policy

 
What Has Changed and What You Can Do About It     " ... However, even this is not as simple as it sounds. Disabling Web History in your Google account “will not prevent Google from gathering and storing this information and using it for internal purposes,” the EFF notes.   Google does hand over user data in response to government requests on a regular basis, as noted in the company’s Transparency Report. The EFF notes that disabling Web History “does not change the fact that any information gathered and stored by Google could be sought by law enforcement.” If your account has Web History enabled, Google will keep the records indefinitely. “With it disabled, they will be partially anonymized after 18 months, and certain kinds of uses, including sending you customized search results, will be prevented,” the EFF states. ...  "