Alma Whitten, Google's Privacy Engineering Lead, wrote this commentary for Forbes, where she discusses our company's commitment to user choice and transparency.
In the piece she describes how privacy is something we think about everyday because it’s good for our users and critical for our business. If you find her piece interesting, you might also want to look at this presentation. It discusses our guiding privacy principles, explains what search logs look like, and discusses how we use data to improve our products and services.