As you know, I play too.
I think that depends on the environment. On the internet environment, "no', I think, is the answer. This is essentially a party line. Anything one types should be couched in terms likely to appear in tommorrow's New York Times lede.Does one have a right to an expectation of privacy?
However, rookies to the 'net should be sternly warned that that's true, I think, the concept of 'partyline' not being contemporary for those under 50.
Specifically, in the case of google logging and retaining personally-identifiable info vis-a-viz search phrases (see this thread), I don't like it.
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