I think there is a widespread understanding that nosing into customer data will get you fired from Google immediately.
There was a case the other year that the media picked up so I read about it.
As for why they don't usually talk about it might be because (examples):
- they don't want people to think about how much data they have
- saying: "we punish people who abuse their positions" indirectly hints that this is happening. Why would there be such a policy if that couldn't happen?
- (guessing) aren't really the brightest ones when it comes to marketing and PR. So far they've been saved by having products thats sells themselves.
There was a case the other year that the media picked up so I read about it.
As for why they don't usually talk about it might be because (examples):
- they don't want people to think about how much data they have
- saying: "we punish people who abuse their positions" indirectly hints that this is happening. Why would there be such a policy if that couldn't happen?
- (guessing) aren't really the brightest ones when it comes to marketing and PR. So far they've been saved by having products thats sells themselves.