Google targets ads they deliver based on the data they collect. They don't "whore out" the data. That's just a lie that's been repeated so often people take it as gospel. I've never seen a shred of evidence to support it, and when I worked there, the employee training everyone took annually was very, very clear on respecting user privacy and getting everything reviewed by privacy experts before it could be released.
Google targets ads they deliver based on the data they collect. They don't "whore out" the data. That's just a lie that's been repeated so often people take it as gospel. I've never seen a shred of evidence to support it, and when I worked there, the employee training everyone took annually was very, very clear on respecting user privacy and getting everything reviewed by privacy experts before it could be released.