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Originally Posted by paola
Hi Jocampo, I am referring specifically to this passage (from their terms and conditions):
the bit I underlined really irks me.
@captainralf: why don't you give me your pdf, a word, and then I test it? |
The way Kindle works, some data needs to be stored on different servers. That helps with some features like identifying popular passages or paragraphs that have been highlighted for other people as well.
To be honest with you and because I'm in the IT world, most electronic devices collect some information of you no matter what and you will have to be a real computer guru if you want to block it. The most typical example is browsing Internet. Your IP, the pages you visit, when you visit those, the type of browser you have, even the type of computer, everything is logged on external web servers and it is legal in most countries. That's how some sites can recommend you some type of merchandise real time or even send you emails with deals you like.
I would not be worried about Amazon, legally they cannot or should not delete your books from your Kindle. Either way, you have a backup of your ebook library, don't you???
@captainralf,
I don't work for Amazon or have any commercial Interest on them, but I can tell there is no privacy issue with Kindles. Some information is collected just to give you additional features like popular passages but you can block that too. And wifi can be turned off (mine is off all the time) to save battery even more; when off, there is no possible way of sending or receiving any kind of information from or to Amazon servers.