It also, consequently, makes the advertisements which they show to you far less valuable. So this feature is not widely advertised.

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    Google says it doesn’t sell your personal info to third parties. While you would be well within your reason to suspect this isn’t true, it is actually legally relevant because it means, as a consequence, Google doesn’t provide a “do not sell my personal information” opt-out link which would otherwise be required by California law (where Google is headquartered).

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      No, selling your personal info would be detrimental to their business model. It would feed their competitor’s databases. They sell aggregate data, though.