Last month, we brought you a story about the current state of Google TV’s privacy policy and the fact that, while it’s not tracking what you watch just yet, the mechanisms are in place to do so. Well, National Journal has published a little Google TV privacy pop quiz in a similar light, but with a couple extra tidbits. Here is the quiz:

1) Google TV knows that a user is watching television and can store this information.
True ( ) False ( )

2) The privacy policy applies to non-Google products available through Google TV. True ( ) False ( )

3) If Google TV were to track your TV viewing history, it would first require your consent. True ( ) False ( )

4) It’s not possible to delete your browsing history from Google TV. True ( ) False ( )

5) Non-personal data about query terms and page requests can be collected and stored. True ( ) False ( )

6) When using “incognito mode,” Google can’t monitor your TV viewing. True ( )
False ( )

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