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I think this is fairly obvious but there's a clear difference between "data belonging to a user" and "data about a user". The first is what they are talking about, because this is how vendor lock-in occurs.


Yes, there is a difference, absolutely.

No, the line between the two categories is not clear at all.


Can you give me an example of an ambiguous case? I can't think of any personally.


Well, the URLs I enter in Chrome for example: is that data belonging to me because I entered it, or is it data about me because they track it?

Or even the connections I have on Google+: is it data belonging to me because I entered it?


You're not really handing over URLs to google saying "here are some urls, please keep them", are you? Bookmarks, yes, and you can easily export them.

> Or even the connections I have on Google+: is it data belonging to me because I entered it?

Yes. Google takeout lets you download your G+ circles, if that helps.




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