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Is Google Violating Users' Privacy? With two billion Google searches a day Google is the preferred search engine for several consumers. Much of its popularity is because of the superior services it offers. Although Google doesn't charge for its services, critics point out that Google's services may actually be costing users their right to privacy. Google retains all of its users' search queries forever, though after 18 months these queries become anonymised. In other words they can't be traced back to the user. Google preserves that it uses these searches responsibly to refine its search engine. It as well has privacy disclosures fully visible on its main page. Instead the Third Party Doctrine as well as the Patriot Act allow the government access to users' Internet information without a judge's oversight for national security purposes. Google has been compelled in the past by investigators for user information. Even anonymised data have been used to track a specific person or computer.

Google must not store users' data as this data can be misused or accessed by the government. Conduct research as well as defend your side of the debate - be sure to cite your source(s).