united-kingdom internet privacy terms-of-service
My nickname violate the Google+ Names Policy, how about my privacy?
<p>I would like to use my <a href="https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/86257/22759">nickname</a> instead of full name when commenting on random posts within Google network.</p>

<p>However when I wanted to enforce that (by changing my Full Name into nickname), I found out that:</p>

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  <p>The nickname that you've chosen appears to violate the <a href="https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1228271" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google+ Names Policy</a>.</p>
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<p>I believe they meant this <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/+/policy/content.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">policy</a>.</p>

<p>However I am worried about my privacy and this was applied quite recently.</p>

<p>By which law I am enforced to share my personal details (such as my full name) on forum publicly to on-line people which I even don't know (when commenting on random posts)?</p>

<p>In other words, based on what law Google tries to enforces its restrictive policy, if any?</p>

<p>Can I do anything in that situation (e.g. my privacy is protected by any law), so I can enforce on my privacy rights without removing my Google Plus account? I'm from UK if that's matter.</p>

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  <p>By which law I am enforced to share my personal details (such as my full name) on forum publicly to on-line people which I even don't know (when commenting on random posts)?</p>
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<p>Contract Law. Google have made it a term of the contract that you use your full name. You can: </p>

<ol>
<li>contact Google and negotiate a change to that term,</li>
<li>accept that term,</li>
<li>choose not to enter the contract.</li>
</ol>

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  <p>so I can enforce on my privacy rights without removing my Google Plus account?</p>
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<p>As a person subject to UK law, your privacy rights involve limiting who and in what circumstances Google can divulge personal private information to. Your name is <strong>not</strong> personal private information; things like your medical history and bank balance are.</p>

<p>Aside from that, you do not have a right to privacy. Anything you do or say that is visible or audible from a public place (like the internet) or a private place where the person in control of that place does not insist on your privacy (i.e. almost everywhere that you are not in control of) is <strong>public</strong>!</p>

<p>Google doesn't need a law to justify its Names Policy, and you don't have to use your full name or personal details. <strong>There's no requirement in either the Google+ Names Policy or the Content Policy that you use your real name.</strong></p>

<p>Provided that Google's Terms of Service don't otherwise violate the law, they're under no obligation to allow you to use a pseudonym.</p>

<p>If you don't want to share your full name, don't. It's as simple as that.</p>

<p><em>On the other hand</em>, provided that you otherwise comply with their requirements, you might be able to use any other combination of words as your Google+ name. They probably can't tell that your name is/isn't what you say it is, though even if they can't <em>prove</em> it they may still be able to take action to make you change it.</p>
