Tech giant Google has said that it can create an artificial personal assistant for users, if they agree to give up more and more of your personal information
Google's Chairman, Eric Schmidt said that technology like Google will guide people to better, smarter decisions.
He added that the evolution of Google is to go from you asking Google what to search for, to Google helping you anticipate, to make you smarter, and
Like any good personal assistant, Google needs to know everything about you. The search giant keeps track of what sites you visit, what you search, and who you email.
Schmidt points out that you can change your Google privacy settings to share less information, and anything you do share remains between you and Google.
However, the company doesn't sell specific information about you to third party advertisers, though Google does anonymously share some more general information about you that allows companies to tailor ads, the report said.
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