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I find it interesting when people are surprised by Google’s actions when it comes to privacy. The latest uproar has to do with Google’s new social networking service Buzz that is integrated into its email service GMail. A number of people feel that Google made a poor choice in opting everyone into the Buzz service instead of offering it as a opt-in service and leaving it up to the individual to decide if they want to enable the service or not.

What people seem to forget is that Google offers all of its services for one if not both of the fallowing reasons, to harvest information about its users and to use that information to display advertising that targets your needs and wants. Buzz is just one more way for them to get information about you.

If you don’t like the idea of Google collecting data about you then you should seriously consider your online life. Do you use facebook, myspace, amazon or some other online site? They all collect information about what you do, what you look at, who you talk to. They collect it, analyze it and target ads, applications, sales, and more to what you seem to like based on the information that they have collected on you.

You ever wonder about what information the FBI or the government has about you? I would worry more about what information some of the online sites have about you.