Here Comes the Government
January 19th, 2006
Privacy watchdogs and tech writers have long been worried about Google having too much important data without knowing what Google plans to do with it. A lot of people responding to those fears basically said that Google won’t do anything bad with it.
I think what the privacy watchdogs really feared though, is the government coming after that data. Now it’s happening.
Luckily, Google plans to fight it to the end, as it violates their privacy policies and according to them, gives out trade secrets. I’m not a fan of child porn either, but the government is far overreaching their bounds on this one, and the industry as a whole should be fighting against it.
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1. Greg Yardley's Internet B&hellip | January 19th, 2006 at 7:15 am
Google vs. government – caving inevitable
So, it seems Google’s fighting the feds over a subpoena for a pretty large chunk of search history – all the searches done in any one given week. This is probably the most positive PR move Google’s done in a while, judging from the early commentary….
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