Privacy

Google balks at providing YouTube records of employees

By Ira Nathenson on July 14, 2008

CNet reports on what may be the stumbling block in Google and Viacom’s failure to reach an agreement regarding YouTube user data (which I’ve blogged on here and here): Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded to the site, and Google is refusing to provide that information, CNET News has [...]

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Google and Viacom: a privacy “Exxon Valdez?”

By Ira Nathenson on July 13, 2008

Might the court order that Google hand over YouTube viewer records become, as Ed Felten and others termed a few years back, an “Exxon Valdez” of privacy that makes informational privacy a national priority?  Unfortunately, I suspect not.  If the parties reach an agreement to anonymize the data and keep it out of the direct [...]

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Google finally posts privacy link on homepage

By Ira Nathenson on July 4, 2008

Yesterday, Google finally posted a privacy link on its homepage, replacing the word “Google” in the footer with “Privacy.”  A step in the right direction, but the link is in the smallest text, below larger links for “Advertising Programs,” “Business Solutions,” and “About Google.”  See below: Hmm.  I wonder if the timing of Google’s change-of-heart [...]

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