Google concerned about government interference on user privacy
August 10th, 2006 Leave a comment Visited 55 times, 1 so far today
Google concerned about government interference on user privacy
AOL recently found themselves in a major PR fiasco when they accidentally (??) released searched keyword database of their users online.
The company was blasted from everyone including privacy advocates and general users on the net. AOL had to issue a public apology though it’s too little too late.
Now, Google has said in a statement that they are more worried about interference from government bodies around the world on user privacy of data stored with them.
The company operates the world’s most popular web search engine and stores vast amounts of data on the Web surfing habits of its users.
CEO Eric Schmidt spoke during a conference that they put all necessary safeguards in place to protect its users’ personal data from theft or accidental release. However, they believe that a more serious threat to user privacy lay in potential demands on Google by governments to make the company give up data on its customer’s surfing habits.
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August 11th, 2006 at 5:55 am
Google is right on track. With the advent of National Security Letters and Proposed Warrantless Searches, google will have no legal stand vs. the government. If I were them I would rotate logs every month. If you don’t the data you can give it to the government.