Google??

Posted by: irenein Blog
4
Jun


Well, what would i have to share today? Was chatting yesterday with my friend and oh… just wanna thank him for the comments and some advise. Thanks Ver.

Browsing the internet I have found some sort of errr… interesting news hmmm that’s what I’d say because few days back there’s this news about MySpace lets users share data followed by Facebook ‘violates privacy laws.

And now Google.

Google accused over privacy law

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Privacy groups are accusing Google of violating California law in its reluctance to provide a direct link to its privacy policy on its homepage.

The search engine giant is being asked to write the word “privacy” alongside other information links.

“It’s a short, seven-letter word and in the world of privacy it’s a very important word,” said Beth Givens of Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

Google says its policy is easy to find and it gives “accessible information”.

‘Not rocket science’

The issue has been building momentum following a series of blogs in the New York Times questioning Google’s compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003.

The law requires any commercial website that collects personal information about its users to “conspicuously post its privacy policy on its website” cont…

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