Indian court urged to ‘ban Google Earth’: “ Aided Mumbai attacks Legal advocates have petitioned an Indian court to ban Google Earth following intelligence indicating the satellite imaging site was used to plan last month’s…
Google Earth accused of aiding terrorists: “An Indian Court has been called to ban Google Earth amid suggestions the online satellite imaging was used to help plan the terror attacks that killed more than 170…
Google’s Gatekeepers: “(New York Times) An article by Jeffery Rosen about Google’s and YouTube’s relationship with national censorship laws. Over the past couple of years, Google and its various applications have been blocked, to different…
YaGoogleSoft! adopt voluntary ‘code of ethics’: “ No more grassing up Chinese dissidents? The US’s Center for Democracy & Technology has announced that after two years of negotiations, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft will in the…
Interesting initiative… (Via Google Public Policy Blog.) New steps to protect free expression and privacy around the world: “Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)…
Privacy Concerns: German Towns Saying ‘Nein’ to Google ‘Street View’: “Google’s corporate slogan might be ‘don’t be evil,’ but some communities in northwestern Germany see something nefarious in the company’s photographing all their streets and…
Data protection watchdogs to hold hearings with Google: “An influential group of European privacy experts said this week that it will lead hearings with Google over the search giant’s claim that EU data protection laws…
Bits: Google Tightens Data Retention Policy – Again: “Under pressure from regulators and activists, Google tightened its data retention policies, saying it would anonymize search records after nine months. (Via NYT > Technology.)
Another step to protect user privacy: “Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel; Jane Horvath, Senior Privacy Counsel; and Alma Whitten, Software Engineer (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) Today, we’re announcing a new logs…
Google says EU data laws do not catch its search logs: “Google will anonymise search engine data after nine months instead of 18 months after pressure from EU and US privacy activists and regulators. The…