for all who think that just using non-google services will get them rid of privacy intrusion, well think again... govt/companies don't give a damn about your privacy...
for the record, GMAIL "reads" each & every one of your email. That's why they can filter out Spam, Categorize your emails into Tabs, mark yellow the Important ones . Yahoo & Microsoft also read your email. It's always a computer reading those emails but nevertheless, its scary.
google is doing very good in terms of letting us know what they are taking , read their privacy policy, account activity reports... on the other hand Microsoft , who comes up Scroogle ads , are giving away your data happily.. Companies based in USA are the biggest worry now that we know about the PRISM program. US Govt issues these companies what is called "National Security Letter" which literally slits their throats . They are not even allowed to say that "We have received requests for data from the Government". This snooping must have been known in political quarters in which case it's not surprising to see the delay in our Govt's decision making.
One should always clear the cache/cookies n all to have some degree of protection but its not the solution. Tor or services alike provide some damn good degree of protection/privacy. Anyways, as
takemein above said:
"Privacy is a delusion. Don't prevail in real world":