1. What happens to the collected personal information if your company was to go out of business or sold to another company?

In the event of a transfer of ownership of Google Inc., such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

2. How do you handle the collection of information from children (minors)?

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) defines a set of rules for collection of information from minors. The details of COPPA can be found at the following FTC website: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html. Our policies adhere to COPPA and users can check the Terms of Service to make sure they are eligible to participate in any particular Google service.

3. Where is your opt-in or opt-out policy?

Each service contains ways to opt-in or opt-out of some features, and you should check the help pages for the particular service you are using for more information.

4. When will you translate your privacy policy to other languages?

We are currently in the process of finishing this translation.

5. Information about me appears in Google's search results. How can I get it removed?

Information that appears in Google's search results is actually located on third-party publicly available webpages. To remove your information from our search results, you will need to contact the webmasters of any third-party sites on which it appears. Once your information is removed from the non-Google site(s), Google's results will automatically reflect this change within a few weeks.

6. How does Google share cookie information and how will it benefit my Google experience?

Upon your first visit to Google, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service and to better understand how people interact with us. Google does this by storing user preferences in cookies and by tracking user trends and patterns of how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Google features or services may not function properly without cookies.

7. What protections do I have against intrusions by the government into my use of Google services?

Google does comply with valid legal process, such as search warrants, court orders, or subpoenas seeking personal information. These same processes apply to all law-abiding companies. As has always been the case, the primary protections you have against intrusions by the government are the laws that apply to where you live.

For more information about the laws applying to government surveillance or other requests for personal information in the United States, you may want to read the following:

• The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2701, et seq.
  http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/pIch121.html
• The ACLU's web page about the USA PATRIOT Act
  http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207
• The Center for Democracy and Technology's web page about government surveillance
  http://www.cdt.org/wiretap/
• The Subpoena Defense Alliance
  http://www.subpoenadefense.org/