I have a serious question : If google uses a person&#x27;s search results internally to determine that they are a person of interest for hiring, whose to say they aren&#x27;t using a similar process to strip Intellectual property from searches as it relates to projects they are working on?<p>i.e : They are internally working on self driving cars and, in particular, are looking for ways to integrate algorithm &#x27;X&#x27; in their solution. So, google decides to setup a special filter for searches related to certain profiles that search for &#x27;X and self driving ....Results get fed to the group conducting the work. In effect, allowing them to internally see what &#x27;profiles of interest&#x27; are up to as it relates to Google&#x27;s flagged area of interest.<p>It would appear that this could easily be made &#x27;legal&#x27; under the premise that the individuals are anonymized. However, it does give google a unique advantage in being able to see &#x27;what everyone is up to&#x27;.<p>The fact that they are already using people&#x27;s specialized searches for flagging them for interviewing makes me strongly believe they are already internally snagging people&#x27;s searches&#x2F;clicked links to give them advantage on projects.<p>I think everyone should take a pause and consider the implications of this as they are quite damning.