Googling Privacy

June 9th, 2007

I have to look at this report more at length. I use Google for a lot of things (not so much it’s search engine, but it’s docs, reader, Gmail, Calendar), so it’s important. Lots of other companies mentioned as well. (via)

3 COmments on “Googling Privacy”

1. Sherry Tinerella Says:
   June 10th, 2007 at 8:33 am

   So what to do about it?
   About a week or so ago, I noticed the web history tab on my igoogle. I was deeply disturbed by the amount of info there and began deleting the history. I realized a few clicks later that even if I delete all of this, Google is still going to have this info. So I subconsciously decided to ignore this. In the meantime, I have added even more google accounts to my reptoire.

   So, what to do?
   Sherry

2. Google Responds to Privacy Nay-Sayers…Sort Of « informationatrix Says:
   June 12th, 2007 at 10:13 am

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3. The Letter Z Says:
   June 13th, 2007 at 3:47 am

   A haemorrhage of personal privacy…

   This weekend, a report was released by Privacy International, a London-based watchdog group, which criticized Google for creating “the most onerous privacy environment on the Internet.” The report has received quite a bit of flak for b…