They spell out the fact that the company collects and compiles data about its users based on their activity on its various sites -- from its search page to Gmail to YouTube to phones running its Android operating system.

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China has made strenuous efforts to improve the way it collects and compiles economic data to satisfy international standards.

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Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Finaid.org, a website that compiles data and provides financial advice for students, said the subsidies sometimes go to students from middle-class families who attend pricey colleges, and not just low-income students.

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