China Blocks YouTube, Google Tries to Reinstate Access: “Google doesn’t know why China is blocking access to every video on YouTube, but says it’s trying to end the blockage as soon as possible. (Via Wired…
Google ad service raises privacy fears: “Google knows more about you than any organisation in human history. It can give you a bird’s eye view of your house, allow friends and family to track your…
Encouraging European e-commerce: “Posted by Simon Hampton, Director of European Public Policy and Government Relations Europe benefits from a single currency and a single market, yet few Europeans use the Internet to shop for deals…
Can the all-seeing, all-knowing Google be trusted to rule the world?: “It has been a busy week for Google.” (Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)
Google on trial over Italian ‘defamation’ vid: “ Execs face jail time for Turin teenagers’ taunt The Privacy Trial of the Century is already waving jail time at three current Google execs and its former…
Google gains a little Latitude – Which? News: “Google gains a little Latitude Privacy concerns raised over latest service 04 February 2009 Google Maps logo Search giant Google is introducing a service called Latitude, which…
French court fines Google over trade marked keywords: “ Search giant says Non, appeals case A French court has fined search engine giant Google €350,000 and said that its search advertising business has infringed on…
Introducing Measurement Lab: “Posted by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, and Stephen Stuart, Principal Engineer (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog) When an Internet application doesn’t work as expected or your connection seems flaky, how…
Raising data privacy awareness: “Posted by Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel, and Jane Horvath, Global Privacy Counsel For the second year, the U.S. and Canada are joining 27 European countries to celebrate Data Privacy Day…
Google China and Baidu apologize for porn links: “ Shamed by government crackdown Three of China’s most popular search engines have apologized for being slow to remove links to pornographic material, following the government’s pledge…