{"id":1144,"date":"2012-02-09T13:05:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techwalls.com\/?p=1144"},"modified":"2019-08-02T11:04:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:04:55","slug":"get-25-amazon-gift-card-google-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/get-25-amazon-gift-card-google-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Get $25 Amazon Gift Card from Google by Selling your Online Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has made a lot of changes in privacy policies in the last few weeks and all of them are being criticized by most of its users. Some claim that Google is turning to the dark side of business and ruining its &#8220;<em>Don&#8217;t be evil<\/em>&#8221; motto.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>About 2 weeks ago, Google announced widely that it will start linking user data across 60 of its services like Gmail, Youtube, Google Docs, personalized search and many more. Over 60 privacy guidelines of those services will be consolidated into one main privacy policy. Users will have no choice to opt out of these changes and they must allow Google to sharing data among its services. Then, they will know what content you consume on Youtube, Search or Google Reader, those information will be sent to Google&#8217;s advertising networks including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/tag\/adsense\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AdSense<\/strong><\/a>, AdWords and DoubleClick to optimize targeted ads. In terms of business, I do not think Google is evil because the change totally makes commercial sense. This is business and Google has all the rights to make use of personal information from its users to create more value. However, this is against their promise of respecting users, Google should have an option for users to opt out of the cross data sharing. The argument did not stop there as Google is making another policy change today.<\/p>\n<h2>Will you sell Privacy for $25 Amazon Gift Card?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1145\" title=\"amazon_gift_card_25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amazon_gift_card_25.png\" alt=\"amazon_gift_card_25\" width=\"500\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amazon_gift_card_25.png 500w, https:\/\/www.techwalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/amazon_gift_card_25-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google has announced a new policy change named <em>Screenwise<\/em> and users will have a choice this time. We can opt in this project and receive up to <strong>$25 in Amazon gift card<\/strong> but this is not an one-time payment. The first $5 gift card code will be sent instantly and we will receive next 4 gift cards every 3 months. It is noted that Amazon is not the sponsor of this project, Google chose Amazon just because it will be easy to send the gift card code online.<\/p>\n<p>There are some requirements for users to qualify for this project, users must be at least 13 years old, have a Google account and use Google Chrome for web browsing. Besides, they also need to sign up here and download the Google Screenwise browser extension, this will go along with the agreement that you accept Google to collect websites you visit and how you use them.<\/p>\n<p>You must be wondering why Google need to pay for the project while they can keep track of your browsing habits and history from Google Chrome users. The answer is that they want more than that, the project will increase the web browser market share of Google Chrome and moreover, the Screenwise extension absolutely will collect a massive amount of user data that will serve their advertising systems better. Undoubtedly, Google is trying to wriggle into every aspect of our lives and the data collection is inevitable.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>What do you think about the $25 Google gives users in exchange for their online privacy? Will you opt in the Screenwise project to get the money?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has made a lot of changes in privacy policies in the last few weeks and all of them are being criticized by most of its users. Some claim that Google is turning to the dark side of business and ruining its &#8220;Don&#8217;t be evil&#8221; motto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":1145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[79,141,56,39,23,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-1144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-adsense","9":"tag-amazon","10":"tag-google","11":"tag-google-news","12":"tag-internet","13":"tag-technology-news","14":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get Free $25 Amazon Gift Card from Google in Exchange for your Privacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Google is offering a $25 Amazon Gift Card in exchange for your privacy in ScreenWise project. 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