Yeah, the OP is pretty flawed. I know this "news" was posted in MANY other places as well, but here's where copypasta news and blog entries have their flaws. If you read section 9.4 closely, you'll see what I mean: 9.4 Other than the limited license set forth in Section 11, Google acknowledges and agrees that it obtains no right, title or interest from you (or your licensors) under these Terms in or to any Content that you submit, post, transmit or display on, or through, the Services, including any intellectual property rights which subsist in that Content That "limited license" it refers to is what has exploded onto the internet as a violation of rights, privacy, etc. Again, if you actually read section 11, you'll see that the limited license is only for the promotion of Chrome, and this only holds to things that aren't already covered under other rights, such as copyright or intellectual property. Basically, this boils down to: Google can use anything that is online to promote itself, if one of it's users accesses that site. Which, in all honesty, it could do anyway. This doesn't violate anything. And if you're still scared of it use Chromium, which has been stated by many others.