@benny1967

.. and how exactly does MS escape the three points listed? What about popular cross domain sites like disqus, livefyre, addthis, etc that collect intimate data and make business of selling that data? What about the numerous companies that buy this data for their private use? What about software ecosystems (Ovi, iTunes, Windows Store, Ubuntu One, etc) that use login? What about credit card companies who, I might add, also resell your data? What about banks?

It seems that Google is under fire by virtue of its size and popular opinion, but not in its uniqueness of practices. Perhaps this attention is due to their transparency on the matter, where most companies prefer to keep these practices private.