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Don't ever count on Google to live up to any 'principled' concepts like 'privacy' when it comes to protecting its user base. They get a 'request', they're gonna give it up like a prom date with too much to drink. They will NOT fight to protect the privacy rights of ANY user of its service. Again, 'Google' at your own risk ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704448304575196270380066334.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection APRIL 20, 2010 Google Discloses Requests on Users By JESSICA E. VASCELLARO Google Inc. moved to highlight the issue of government censorship and demands for information about Web users, just as the Internet company came under fire from a group of government officials over the way it handles user privacy. The Silicon Valley giant Tuesday disclosed for the first time the number of requests it has received from government agencies for data about its users. Google also disclosed how many government requests it gets to remove content from its search engine, YouTube video site, Blogger blogging software and other services. Google is also showing how often it complies with government demands to remove Web content and said it later plans to include how often it turns over data on users. Google's disclosure tool, an online country map, excluded data for China where Google says numerating the requests would be illegal. David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer, said the company decided that "greater transparency" about its activities could lead to less censorship. "We hope this tool will shine some light on the scale and scope of government requests for censorship and data around the globe," he wrote in a blog post. Google's move comes as its critics continue to accuse the company and its peers of being reckless with user data. On Tuesday, a group of privacy commissioners from countries including Canada, France and the United Kingdom held a press conference to push Google to build better privacy protections into its services. On Monday, the group sent a letter scolding Google over privacy. |
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I don't have gmail so no problems for me!
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I use Bing to search for things and use yahoomail.
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Don't ever count on Google to live up to any 'principled' concepts like 'privacy' when it comes to protecting its user base. They get a 'request', they're gonna give it up like a prom date with too much to drink. They will NOT fight to protect the privacy rights of ANY user of its service. Again, 'Google' at your own risk ... This article is so off-base. This is about Google reporting to the public about the number of requests that come in from Gov't and private orgs and individuals about REMOVING content from search results. And the part about disclosing information about companies or individuals concerns illegal activity. http://www.google.com/governmentrequests/overview.html People read into things incorrectly, In addition to writers of articles mentioned. |
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