Editing Google Toolbar (section)

== Privacy ==
Google Watch has raised concerns about Google Toolbar's possible threats to privacy, such as tracking of browsing patterns, automatic installation of updates without the user's knowledge, and a privacy policy that can be revised without notice.<ref>[http://www.google-watch.org/toolbar.html Google's new toolbar: Now more evil than ever]</ref> The toolbar does not track personally identifiable surfing activities of the end user unless advanced features such as [[PageRank]] are specifically enabled by the user.<ref name="Technology Source">{{Cite news|url=http://www.techpluto.com/google-toolbar-advanced-features/|title=Does Wesley's Google Toolbar Invade Your Privacy? Not Really…|date=May 16, 2009|publisher=TechPluto|access-date=May 17, 2009}}</ref> It does track "anonymous" statistics, which can reveal a lot of information when correlated with other data, although similar criticisms could be made of Google's online search engine.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2786761.stm Is Google too powerful?] by Bill Thompson, BBC News, 2/21/2003</ref>