Google Docs Changes Sharing and Privacy Options

Google Docs Changes Sharing and Privacy Options
In the immediate aftermath of a slew of new upgrades, Google Docs is changing how we share and control privacy for our documents, presentations and other stored files.
The changes are intended to make sharing and collaboration simpler while also letting users see at a glance what people have access to which documents. Now, the level of privacy or publicity a document has is more readily visible, which should make managing who can share your docs a lot easier.
Now, you can take any document you have stored on Google Docs () and designate it with one of three sharing/privacy settings. The doc can be private and viewable only by you. It can also be viewable by anyone with a link; a Google () rep compared this option to giving someone an unlisted phone number. Or the document can be completely public and viewable by anyone.
Public documents will also be indexed by search engines, so make sure your public docs are something you’d want the whole world to see. It’s also important to note that the default setting for new docs you create will be private.