US Congressman Quizzes Google Again On Privacy

Lawmaker questions Google over privacy practices from Reuters reports Texas Rep. Joe Barton from the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee quizzed Google on how they will integrate DoubleClick's data with their own. Some questions posed include how user data from DoubleClick would ...

May. 22, 2008 at 8:21am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Today Is "Data Privacy Day;" Bush Admin Launches Internet Monitoring Initiative

For most people, today is Monday, January 28. However, today has been designated "Data Privacy Day" in North America and in 27 European countries in conjunction with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Google's privacy counsel, Jane Horvath, says the company is joining ...

Jan. 28, 2008 at 9:51am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Microsoft To Anonymize Log Data; Calls For Industry Standards Along With Ask.com

First Google, then Ask.com and now Microsoft have jumped onto the privacy protection train. Late yesterday, Microsoft announced that it was going to follow Google's lead and anonymize search log data after 18 months. In addition, it has partnered with Ask to call for an industry effort to develop privacy ...

Jul. 23, 2007 at 8:49am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Google Bad On Privacy? Maybe It's Privacy International's Report That Sucks

It's a bad privacy day for Google, with Privacy International first accusing the company of having the worst privacy performance of any internet service company in a study it has just released and then accusing Google of conducting a smear campaign against it. But if you actually read the report, Privacy ...

Jun. 10, 2007 at 10:02am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Google Calls For International Privacy Standards

Google is calling for a discussion on international privacy standards to take place, both through a blog post on its site today and in a speech that was given to a Unesco conference today. From the post by Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel: Google is calling for a discussion about international ...

Sep. 14, 2007 at 1:08pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Google Street View Might Violate Canadian Privacy Law

Although it's not yet available in Canada, Canada's privacy commissioner has raised concerns preemptively that Google's Street View photography could violate the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act of 2004. This article is part of Local Search Week here at Search Engine ...

Sep. 12, 2007 at 9:33am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Google Responds To EU: Cutting Raw Log Retention Time; Reconsidering Cookie Expiration

... make such a fast, responsive move, though it is reacting to something that felt more like a political show rather than a real effort to improve privacy protection. The EU privacy group that sent the letter can feel it got a result. Google can look like it perhaps protected privacy more, but some important ...
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Jun. 12, 2007 at 4:10am Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Privacy Tuesday: New Google Privacy Video & Privacy Articles

Following on last month's search privacy video from Google, the Google Blog announced that a new installment dealing with personalized results is now available. Meanwhile, two new articles about privacy issues and naming Google in particular have also come out today. The video discusses how Google ...

Sep. 25, 2007 at 9:00am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Privacy Concerns Raised (Again) About Google StreetView As It Formally Launches In Europe

Privacy issues are back with a vengeance. Everywhere you look now NGOs, legal experts, and government officials are raising questions about this or that online or ad initiative and privacy. The most recent privacy debacle was the Viacom-YouTube ruling, which is being circumvented by cooperation between ...

Jul. 8, 2008 at 8:13am Eastern by Greg Sterling

Ask.com Adds Privacy Link To Home Page, Hopes People Care

Google recently came under fire for not providing a link to its privacy policy right from its home page, as Yahoo and Microsoft do. Ask.com, apparently hoping to ride the issue to some consumer gains, has emailed us that it now proudly sports a privacy link on its home page, along with some new privacy ...

Jun. 18, 2008 at 3:58pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan