Upon activating the module, present a message to the user, alerting that the module is sending data to an external source (Google), so people with privacy sensitivity, can choose not to do so (i.e., turn the module back off).

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btopro commented
Version: 7.x-1.1 » 7.x-1.x-dev

that makes sense to me, does anyone know of the link to google's privacy policy related to data / charting with this API? We could make a hook_install that just drupal_set_message to the screen w/ the link and warning.

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btopro commented

Upon further investigation this is not actually the case. They have a privacy policy on a per render style basis. For example, all the charts here have the same data policy (except geocoding / maps) -- https://google-developers.appspot.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery

The only chart tool in this set that has a different policy is https://google-developers.appspot.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/geo... which states that it is only passing geo-data back and forth, not the data points themselves. Currently all types supported in the core module are not sending data to google.