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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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Why does Google keep so much information?

By Ira Nathenson on July 3, 2008

Yesterday, I wrote about the “privacy paradox” and Google’s refusal to post a conspicuous link to its privacy policy on its homepage.   Today, the New York Times reports that the judge overseeing the Viacom/YouTube copyright lawsuit has ordered Google to turn over a database linking YouTube users to every video clip they have watched on [...]

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