biggest concerns about google consolidating its privacy policies is what does google know about me now. they can see my e-mailsey can see what i search for, what videos i look at. google knows so much about me. >> reporter: one thing they will do with the info is customize advertising allowing google to target ads to users based on their interest. >> i think google does a fantastic job of notifying people when there are privacy updebts. they always have things in google mail and j mail that remind me that they're updating the settings. >> the internet companies that are in the business to profit from peep's information seem to be wanting to take more and more control of it. i'm suspicious and i would like to opt out of it. >> reporter: can you opt out of the new policy by manually deleting your google web history or by not signing into sites like g mail when searching on google. >> we have to fundmentally trust that people like google, microsoft, facebook, whoever it is that v. our best interests at heart. if you fundamentally do not trust them, you shouldn't be using their services. >> it is important to keep

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in this promotional video google explains how the web giant is streamlining its privacy policy across platforms from g mail to youtube to google plus to provide what it calls a more personalized experience. >> it means if you're signed in, they'll treat you as a single user across all of our products. some of the biggest concerns about google consolidating its privacy policies is that what does google know about me now? they can see my e-mail and what i search for and what videos i look at. google knows so much about me. what are they doing with that information? >> reporter: one thing they'll reportedly do with the info, customize advertising allowing google to target ads to users based on their interest. the new policy is getting mixed reaction from users. >> i think google does a fantastic job of notifying people when there are privacy updates. they always have little things in google plus and g mail that remind me they're updating their settings. i don't think the average user will notice any big difference. >> the internet companies that are in a position to profit from people's information are wantin

. >> reporter: in this video, google explains how the web giant is stream lining the privacy policy from g-mail to youtube to google plus to provide a more personalized experience. >> and this means if you signed in, we'll treat you as a single user. >> some of the concerns about google consolidating the privacies, what does goggle know about me now? and they can see my e-mails and what video i look at. google is about me and what is it going to do with that information? >> reporter: one thing they will do, customize advertising, allowing google to target ads to users based on their interest. the new policy is getting mixed reaction from users. >> and this is a fantastic job of notifying people when there are privacy updates and they have things in google plus and g-mail reminding me that they're updeath -- updating the settings. i don't think the average user will notice a difference. >> the internet companies that -- and some people's information are taking control of itself. i am suspicious and i would like to opt out. >> reporter: you can manually deleting your goggle web history or by simp

the policy affects users logged into a google account, such as g-mail, google plus or you-tube. it allows google to gather data about what an individual user does on online and target advertising towards them. critics say it's an invasion of privacy. >>> a judge says tobacco companies do not have to print graphic images on packs. a federal government mandate required packs to carry images like these later this year. the judge says it's a violation of free speech. i'm sure it may make people think twice about buying them. >> no doubt. ashley morrison in new york. thank you. >>> a funeral and memorial are being planned this morning for davy jones. lead singer of the made for tv rock band the monk yeast. jones died in florida. we look back at his life. >> ♪ here we come walk down the streets ♪ >>> davy jones was already a seasoned performer when producers picked him and three other unknowns to be the monk yes, it was 1965. hollywood wanted to create its own american version. the monk yeast tv show featured jones as the heartthrob singer. born in england in 1945, he was the only bri

being collected doesn't change one bit with this new policy ok and so if i have a google account let's say i use g. mail as it can affect me more than facts other just average internet users that somebody uses hotmail or something well they're not using google service there's a different company that's collecting that information although a lot of the other competitors to google have fairly similar policies of course if you do use google and you don't like this chain there are a lot of ways that you can address it which include as you mentioned to google and tire ok so let's go through before we get to quitting google entirely because that seems like kind of a drastic step but i think that some people might not exactly be comfortable with or be ready for you know there is a list of things that certain people have suggested that people can do for example clear hugel web history there's a way that you can do that online when i visit you clear google web history i mean does that mean that it only clears this stuff pass it from here on out they still tracking or you know what exactly do we get out of this i

g mail and youtube and google docs and sfred pread it out a l bit. if you're concerned about privacy, go into your google settings and fix your web history so google doesn't gent all the information. >> belva: isn't there another problem with google ail lollowi something or other to capture your photographs. >> i didn't see it today. i know there's been a lot of trouble with google and photos in and privacy in particular. >> we seem to always be doing something about privacy on the internet. >> there's a reason we run up into is this, and this is because how you make the money between ticking their users off and making them run away and meeting the advertisers' needs and giving them more access than they should have. how do you balance all of those really conflicting needs as a business? >> we see it with apple with the photos. everybody is using the apple products where they can grab everything. >> mini mean, they make a lot o money off their hardware. all they have is you and me and the cat food we're searching for on google.com. >> so the european

. >> internet google is changing its privacy policies as of today. those who use g-mailogle+, or youtube will see more specific results. some are against this new policy and say it's an invasion of privacy and allows the company to sell off your information to advertisers. >>> stay with us. "news 4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. >>> picking up the pieces the destruction left behind after a number of deadly tornadoes teared through communities across the heartland of this country. good morning. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> and i'm eun yang. we're going to take a live look outside at 4:59. 57 degrees at this time. the hour is nice. it's march 1st but feeling like spring, tom. >> it is. it's the first day of meteorological spring as well. it's in the month of march, ap

now, microsoft criticized google saying hot mail users don't have to worry.they san jose an e- mail -- what about they say in an e-mail helping advertisers. >>> there will be no fireworks put on this year by san jose -- san ramon. san ramon is ending this for safety reasons. they say too many attended last year. it also stands to save about $300,000. >>> we're receiving first-hand accounts inside a disabled italian cruiseship. the costa allegra was towed to the say say island -- the sechelle island. >>> happening now. a senate committee is hearing testimony regarding the cruise ship industry. this is a live look at the pre- - at the proceedings going on right nowm. witnesses include a coast guard commander and a miami port official. lawmakers want to know if the cruise line industry is doing enough to protect passengers and the environment. an industry spokesperson says it's already enacting new safety measures such as increasing the number of emergency drills. >>> dramatic pictures to show you this morning. hundreds of students at chardon school in ohio walk

starting today, if you use google search, google plus, g- mail or you tube, what you do and say will compiled in a user profile. google executives say it is a way to improve your experience by allowing advertisers to be more specific in who they target. >> it is about improving relevance and using information that you shared with google to make google products and services more useful for you. >> at this point, most people realize that when you go online, some of the information you give is shared. however, what may surprise you is that what you say in a personal e-mail may now be tracked and used for advertising purposes and that is what has many people concerned. >>> organizers of the america's cup race next year on san francisco bay said the race will be on network television for the first time in two decades. they say nbc plans to carry the competition and that will come after the nbc sports network show the america's cup world series, a set of races this summer leading up to the america's cup in 2013. >>> organizers hope the exposure will generate interest in the america's cup a

i remember thinking to myself google has become like the utility company for me in the days there are is a g-mailmost wrenching to my daily life. the question is sort of acts like a utility. that's a very strange thing for a private company to be. how should we think about it? the second thing, this gets to the statement we got from google the sort of adage if you're not paying for the product you are the product, right? that is the key thing i think for people at home watching this to understand. you are the product. your personal information is the product. >> let's remember you're the product for msnbc, too, right? >> right. >> it's not new. the difference is msnbc doesn't follow everything you do and, thursday, doesn't accurately target advertisements to who you are, what kind of pets you own, who you vote for, your income group. it does its best to guess, right? the folks have a too rough sense of the sorts of viewers engagement. >> if it were better targeted i would not get the massive amount of bud light ads in my baseball viewing. i'm not a bud light fan but you're a pro, you're watching

theinformation of the platform and what they collect about you in a single holding place and that includes g-mail google plus youtube and more. they say they will use the information to better customize your search results and you will see ads more targeted towards your preference and google says they won't sell your information to advertisers. >> at this point absolutely i have to trust google and in a sense on one hand google is probably more trustworthy than the other technology companies. but because they know so much about us we have to hold them to a higher standard of trust. >> so the new policies raised eyebrows because users can't on the out without closing their accounts. now, this can be problematic down the road because if you rely so much on google, then you're at the mercy of the provider but if you want to be search without being tracked sign out of your account and do searches anonymously. >>> >>> and good morning. it's 5:16 on the roads right now, a travel advisory as you head out this morning in baltimore and surrounding counties. dense patchy fog awaiting for. you we had a check of th

your all your e-mails are encrypted by default google has given you the service and has allowed you to say my communications are protected now the n.s.a. is center is designed around building systems that will do you encourage that data and remove any protection it you can put onto it earlier this month cia director david petraeus paints a picture of america's dystopian free fall when describing the emergence of the internet of things the first refers to an increasing amount of personal information washington will eventually be able to obtain once all who electronics are wired to a network of u.s. intelligence officials estimate that by twenty twenty up to one hundred billion ordinary devices such as refrigerators and dishwashers could be wired up to the internet just the way p.c.'s and cell phones are now that bottomless pit of data could allow big brother to monitor virtually anything it wants even the cia director says the very idea of secrecy will change forever. our new york. i call it spying big brother or an extended reality show we're all a part of these technologies are

google says it is now streamlining its privacy policy across all of the services so anyone with g mail, youtube or google plus account will have their web searches cracked by google under their name. it's all about targeting advertising to user's personal profile. >> the more effective the ads are the more money they will get for them. >> experts say limit what they collect by not logging on to their google accounts during searches. users can also delete their search history. the attorney general of 36 states including california call a policien an invasion of privacy. the facebook social network may not be as social as users think. facebook executive revealed that a typical post is only seen by 16% of the users a friend. company says that that's true across all demographics and all types of post. facebook says it is in part because of redesign it removed some contents of users names. political world is reacting to the sudden death of conservative blogger. he collapsed while walking at his home in brent wood just after midnight. the cause of his death is not known but he has suffered f

thank you well today google's latest privacy changes go into fact what happens as all of google services like e-mail and youtube they're all now streamlined into one profile google maintains it will give consumers a more personalized live experience but critics say it allows the company to compile vast amounts of personal information and store it all into one place well earlier i spoke with con helen and columnist for foreign policy in focus about what this means for your privacy. i think the idea that google is doing this in order to give you a better personal experience is something that you are you are very little careful about accepting i mean this is about working and i and i think in in this case became not only other collecting an enormous amount of information but i don't really think that you can trust google here with what they do with this because they've already been caught in a centrally figuring out a way to sly cookies there is these little things that allows them to track you when you go browsing on the web to slip these into safari and to internet explorer which covers apple compute

mail has actually been. read by try google in the sense that it deploys on automatic scanning technology that it scans the content of your email or presuming for spam and well fishing and actually it's usually used to target advertisements so the advertisements are targeted based on the content of your email you sent an email to someone. you know the dentist going to see ads for related products so you send an e-mail about that down to school reads your e-mail and you go to google search and you search. you know my neighborhood and i had for down a spot so. that's that's the difference now the ads are are no longer can textual they're based on a profile of you a profile of your behavior the way you use each google service so these searches you do or. might use not only might this not be you know it's the old. joke about you know somebody sitting at the office typing away and suddenly you know a porn screen pops up or something like that but you know if if somebody is talking about something a lot an e-mail or has is doing some

the certain giants a delay in making a controversial changes now what happens is all of google services like g. mail and you tube they are now all streamlined into one profile google maintained that will give consumers a more personalized glad experience but critics say it allows the company it's a compile a vast amounts of infer personal information and store it all in one place to talk more about what this means for your privacy conn hallinan columnist for foreign policy and focus joins us now so can i what do you make of these changes well i think the idea that google is doing this in order to give you a better person experience is something that you know you are real careful about except you know i mean this is about quantity and i think in this case particularly not only are they collecting an enormous amount of information but i don't really think that you can trust you will get or with what they do with it he could see already been caught. essentially figuring out a way to supply cookies there is these little things that allows them to track you when you go browsing on the web can slip these

google is making major changes to its privacy policies today. the internet giant wants to provide more personal results. those who use g-mail+ or even youtube will now receive more specific results. some complain that's an invasion of privacy, allowing companies to sell off your information to advertisers. >>> time for "weather & traffic on the 1s." let's go to tom kierein with more. >> the sky is beginning to brighten. there's a look from our city camera. we still have dense patchy fog. watch out for that. 40s and 50s. a gusty northerly wind. gusting to 30 miles an hour. it will diminish. chilly by late evening. look at friday and the weekend and into next week. that will be next week. danella, how's traffic. >> good morning. if you're taking g.w. park wairks northbound, the ramp to the interloop is shut down due to an accident. if you're taking the beltway to the outer loop, an accident on the right side of the roadway and i'm seeing volume. you're pretty thick as you make your way toward the accident at georgia avenue. and traveling i-95, i have seen these cars hit the brakes. they're moving. but beware, it's stop and go

google or any of its services. the internet giants is making major change s ts to its privac policies. it will provide more personal results. those who use g-mailgoogle+, maps, they'll use more. >>> the cell phonies auto correct is to blame for a scare that locked two schools in georgia. someone received a text that read "gunman to be at west hall today." west hall is the name of a high school and middle school, so the police rushed to the schools and locked them down. police eventually tracked down the text to a student and determined that the student meant to send a text. he also typed a wrong number. >>> target is pulling a greeting card from its cells. quote, next time you consider dating the bad boy, consider whitney houston. that's all i'm going to say. target said the card was on sale before houston died. ♪ hey hey we're the monkees. . >>> this morning davy jones who was the front man for the 1960s band, the monkees. he died of a heart attack yesterday in florida. the monkees were created from a tv show meant to capitalize on the success of the beatles, but the group bane a phenomen-- bec phenomenon in its own right. they had six hits in

. >> you use google android. >> e-mail, standard applications, browsers, standard application. >> doave a camera? >> front facing camera. you have usb port allows it to connect other usb storage devices to copy stuff back and forth. >> what about internet connectivity, here in africa, 14% and here in nigeria, 28%. >> internet is growing, lots of cablings going on, one of the major problem is because of -- we have no broad band, we have to allow the telecoms. >> it's expensive but becoming cheaper. >> prices are going down. >> compared to how much it used to be certain years ago. >> there are challenges, you only sold 19 of inye one. you haven't sold a single device why? >> probably because we're trying to get funding, so we can bring the price points as low as we can but within nigeria it's a problem because technology is something that is still relatively new here h, investment-wise. real estate is the order of the day, primarily. i have seen lots of other stories of start-ups and i know how long it takes them to get funding so i know if you go as long as you can and get as much cre

however, if you're using google's free apps, that could be gmail for their e-mail, google maps, photoen, all of these different sites, you can now be tracked across all of these different free services if you are signed into any of those. so, for example, if i'm on youtube and i do a search for a product, later that day if i'm signed into my gmail act, which is their e-mail, i may see an ad for that same product show up later. >> and facebook has options where you can opt in and out of different levels of security when it deals with your friends or people on facebook. do you have similar options to deal with google when they're watching what you're doing there? >> yes and no. this privacy policy goes across all 70 or so of their google products. so the first thing i think people should do is go to google.com/dashboard. this is kind of your catch all of all of the different google products you may be signed up with. some of these, you may not remember that you signed up with before. in that dashboard, david, you can make some changes to some of the settings. but by and large, the botto

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>> tom: big changes at google-- if you search, use g-mail or youtube, the web giant is tracking your moves. it's all about advertising and strikes a sour note with privacy advocates. >> susie: consumers were shopping and spending at the malls last month, boosting sales for many of the nation's retailers. >> i think the consumer confidence is better, and i think people are willing to spend more money. >> susie: it's "nightly business report" for thursday, march 1. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. stocks rose on this first day of march, as investors welcomed good economic news. more signs today the job market is improving-- claims for jobless benefits fell to a four year low. susie, this shows that employers are slowing the pace of layoffs. >> susie: tom, another positive indicator-- retail sales. many of the nation's largest chain stores rang up strong numbers in february. target sales rose a better than expected 7%;, macy's and