Hello astern-ga,
Thank you for your question.
Google Answers is designed so that all questions and answers are
publicly viewable and searchable. To search for all questions you have
asked or commented on, simply go to the main Google Answers page and
search "All Questions" for your user name. You will see these results:
http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=search&q=astern-ga&qtype=all&btnG=Google+Search
This shows that as of this moment, you have asked 7 questions.
Google Answers maintains a FAQ page (Frequently Asked Questions):
http://answers.google.com/answers/faq.html
Here you will note the following that addresses your concern:
"Will my question and answer be publicly viewable?
Yes. Your question and the corresponding answer will be posted on the
web and viewable by the public. However, your personal information
will never be posted with your question, so your privacy is protected.
We are not answering questions privately at this time.
Will others be able to see my email address if I ask a question?
No. Google Answers users see only your Google Answers nickname. Google
respects the privacy of our users and we have a comprehensive privacy
policy that we encourage you to review at
://www.google.com/privacy.html.
Should I post my email address to Google Answers if someone asks for
it?
To protect your privacy, we recommend that you not post your email
address or any other personal information about yourself on Google
Answers. The site is available for public viewing and may be indexed
and crawled by search engines. Researchers are asked to not answer
questions that contain or ask for personal contact information..."
It is strongly suggested that no personal or confidential information
is ever posted at Google Answers and the Editors will often remove
questions or answers that do not adhere to the Terms of Service, which
can be viewed at this link:
http://answers.google.com/answers/termsofservice.html
It notes, in part:
"...Confidentiality; Use of Information. The questions or comments you
submit and the responses you receive do not form the basis for a
professional-client relationship, including but not limited to
attorney-client, physician-patient, or therapist-patient and are not
subject to standards or requirements of confidentiality and/or
privilege associated therewith. Furthermore, Google shall have the
perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify,
edit, translate, publish, perform, display, post, transmit and
distribute ("Use") your questions, comments, and/or the corresponding
answers without compensation to you, anonymously or in the aggregate,
for internal or external purposes, alone or as part of other works in
any form, media, or technology, whether now known or hereafter
developed and to sublicense such rights. Google will not, however,
publicly disclose your questions or comments in a manner that directly
associates them with you (except where you include personally
identifiable information in a question or comment and such question or
comment is Used by Google as provided)..."y
I understand you may be concerned with public viewing of your
questions and answers. If you feel you have revealed more than you
would like in a particular question, you can email the Editors at
answers-editors@google.com and request that your question and/or
answer is removed. However, as you will note in the above quoted Terms
of Service, this would be entirely at their option and discretion.
I trust this provides your answer. If a link above should fail to work
or anything require further explanation or research, please do post a
Request for Clarification prior to rating the answer and closing the
question and I will be pleased to assist further.
Regards,
-=clouseau=- |