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"Google's new privacy update that will allow the company to eventually integrate its products will kick in March 1. \nTuesday's news that Google condensed its 70 privacy settings into one easier-to-understand and more transparent document, paves the way for the company to meld its products into a more integrated and intuitive user platform, i.e. Google needed to give itself permission to sync your products in the future.\nNothing will change tangibly on March 1 \u2014 Google products will all still look and function the same. Users can already share data across services such as Picasa and Google+. And Google already has numerous intuitive functions: the Google calendar can autocomplete using names in your Gmail account. But the new privacy rules give the company leeway to combine your Google products in cool ways in the future. \nNot searching for a gym membership in January? Google will remove those ads from your search. Email a friend about adopting a puppy? You might see ads for animal shelters in your area. Your friend Jon doesn't have an \"h\" in his name? Google Docs will remember this, too. By syncing your Google products, the ads you see and your search results will be customized. Google will be different for each individual. \nJust like with iTunes and other online services, there is no way to opt out of a privacy policy, other than not using the service \u2014 and that's unlikely considering Google is the world's largest search engine. Users can, however, customize their privacy settings as integrated products roll out in the future. \nWhen Google launched Search Plus Your World  it had some people wondering if Google searches would be tainted with irrelevant Google+ results. With the service, users can switch between the original Google and Search Plus Your World by logging out of their Google accounts. Any future services will most likely have that option as well. \nThe company is adamant that it will not give your information to advertisers \u2014 Google uses the information, though, to place the ads it purchases. \nGoogle says it'll let you opt in if it wants to access \"personal information relating to confidential medical facts, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs, or sexuality.\u201D Your account information will not be shared with Google's Double Click advertising network, either.  \nWhich Google products would you like to see integrated and how would you like them to function? Tell us in the comments. \n Photo courtesy of iStock, by  Alija. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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