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  • Google revises privacy policy

    Google has made changes to its privacy policy that appear to be more stylistic than substantial.

  • Google pleads with Viacom for YouTube privacy

    Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright-infringement lawsuit the conglomerate filed a year ago.

  • Google wants harm condition in privacy proposal

    Google is leading the call to create a global standard for how companies deal with private consumer data, but part of the search giant's proposal is that remedies focus on whether harm was actually caused by the information leak.

  • Google denies Street View has privacy issues

    There are no privacy issues with Google Street View, a Maps-based project that offers 360-degree panoramic views of various streets in cities around the US, according to Google Australia's head of engineering.

  • Google Desktop 3 poses 'privacy risk'

    A new feature in Google Desktop 3 that allows people to search for documents across multiple computers poses privacy risks and should not be used, a consumer digital rights organisation and a security company have warned.

  • Privacy issues with Google library search

    A contract between Google and the University of Michigan released publicly on Friday contains no provisions for protecting the privacy of people who will eventually be able to search the school's vast library collection over the Internet.

  • Google Web Accelerator sparks privacy fears

    A software tool launched by Google on Wednesday that speeds up the process of downloading Web sites has caused some users to worry about their privacy.

  • Google anonymises IP data

    Google this week said it would anonymise user data received through search requests entered in its search engine and Chrome browser.

  • Google defends Street View coverage

    Search giant Google today defended the incomplete Australian coverage provided by its Street View add-on to its Google Maps and Earth tools, after launching the service early this morning.

  • Judge orders YouTube to reveal 12TB of user logs

    Dismissing privacy concerns, a US judge overseeing a US$1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the online video sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

  • Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner

    A European Commission advisory body has suggested that search companies delete data collected about their users after six months a far cry from what most companies currently do.

  • Google: We will never sell election information

    New information at Google's disposal from its Google Election platform has raised alarm bells amongst privacy rights groups.

  • Google, Yahoo make lawmakers impotent, says Judge

    Australian High Court Judge Justice Kirby has said computer code is more potent than the law -- and legislators are powerless to do anything about it.

  • Is Google sharing your information with US govt?

    Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed yesterday that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users -- and that Google would comply if the requests were legal.

  • Facebook could cause "privacy chernobyls"

    Gathered at the Legal Futures Conference at California's Stanford University over the weekend, online legal experts have again raised their concerns that the rise and rise of Web 2.0 has come at the expense of individual privacy.

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