Would You Give Up Your Internet Privacy to Google for $25?


If you’re not shy about letting Google know about all the websites you visit and how you use them, the company may have a proposition for you.

Google is offering $5 Amazon gift cards for participating in a panel called Google Screenwise. Participants install an extension in Google’s Chrome browser, which tracks their web surfing activity, and earn one gift card for every three months in the program — up to $25 total.

“What we learn from you, and others like you, will help us improve Google products and services and make a better online experience for everyone,” the company says on the program’s landing page. Right now, Google is taking e-mail addresses and will notify people when registration opens.

As SearchEngineLand reports, Google hasn’t made a big announcement on the program, and has yet to comment on the matter. The company is using a third-party management partner, called Knowledge Networks, to run the promotion. Amazon is not a sponsor.

It sounds a little creepy to me, seeing as the fine print doesn’t specify what will become of participants’ browsing data, and whether it’ll be personally identifiable. But with money on the line, I don’t think Google will have any trouble finding people to sign up.

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