Google - Privacy and other issues

[bdw]

Interesting development?
http://mashable.com/2011/01/24/do-not-track-browser-tools/

 

[bdw]

Google Comes Under Fire for 'Secret' Relationship with NSA

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110125/tc_pcworld/googlecomesunderfireforsecretrelationshipwithnsa

 

[Deleted member 59730]

"an advocacy group largely focused in recent years on Google's privacy practices, has called on a congressional investigation into the Internet giant's "cozy" relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama's administration."

Not only there but here............

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...es-ndash-and-google-1770278.html?action=Popup

 

[bdw]

Google built a multi-billion-dollar advertising empire atop a service that does little more than copy information from other sources. And yet it chastises others when they do the copying. It's an irony that could land the company in some very hot water.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/09/google_copy_hypocrisy/

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[bdw]

The Register: Interesting back track from Google on its previous claims that it did not manually adjust its SERPs.

For years, Google told the world that its search engine was completely objective, and only now is the company beginning to freely explain that this is not the case.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/18/google_on_manual_search_penalties/

 

[quikshop]

The Register: Interesting back track from Google on its previous claims that it did not manually adjust its SERPs.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/18/google_on_manual_search_penalties/

I don't think anyone who follows Google will be surprised at this. And let's face it, with Google moving into more and more commercial areas they are going to penalise companies who challenge their revenue streams.

 

[bdw]

France fines Google 100,000 euros over Street View

CNIL, the National Commission for Information Freedom, said Google had pledged to erase all the private data, but that it had found "that Google has not refrained from using the data identifying Wi-Fi access points of individuals without their knowledge."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i8LWOk5EbR94tYyC-4YESoREsbiQ

 

[MASSEY]

I think every country should fine them for that wi fi collect they did. That seriously was invasion of privacy.

 

[bdw]

What is even more serious is that they "did not refrain from using the data" after promising to delete it. That suggests to me that they thought they would just hang on to it until the outcry had passed.

 

[Deleted member 59730]

<http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/46571-google-settlement-is-rejected.html>

And this is the company, who pay little tax in the UK, that David Cameron wants to butter up to!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/14/cameron-copyright-review-google-model-small-outfits-wary

 

[Dawg]

<http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/46571-google-settlement-is-rejected.html>

And this is the company, who pay little tax in the UK, that David Cameron wants to butter up to!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/14/cameron-copyright-review-google-model-small-outfits-wary

Oh. I thought you'd be talking about The Guardian's method of swerving around a tax burden, (just like Barclays etc., legally)

(Attempt to stay on thread: I Googled the link..)

 

[bdw]

Let's try to keep this on Google. The Guardian is not in bed with the Prime Minister.

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[bdw]

Here's another ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/30/google_buzz_ftc_proposed_settlement/

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[Deleted member 59730]

AND ANOTHER

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20048939-261.html#ixzz1IAwKQZhA

 

[bdw]

A Google spokeswoman did not respond to an interview request.

It will be interesting to read who that one pans out.

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[bdw]

WASHINGTON — An upcoming book about Google claims that Eric Schmidt, who is to step down next week as chief executive, once asked for information about a political donation he made to be removed from the Internet giant's search engine, The New York Times reported Friday.

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[bdw]

They are at it again. It would seem that Google assumes that they are above the law until someone questions them.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html

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[360interactive]

You talking to yourself again BDW?

 

[bdw]

Apparently not, if you are listening.

 

[FaerieB]

I am listening too ... scary beans what goes on in the land of real x

 

[bdw]

Google has been sued over its Android location tracking practices.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/28/google_sued_over_android_location_tracking/

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[bdw]

"The Seoul police raided Google’s office here Tuesday on suspicion that its mobile advertising unit, AdMob, had illegally collected users’ location data without users’ consent, the police said. The raid represents the latest setback to the U.S. Internet search company’s South Korean operations. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/technology/04google.html

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[Dawg]

Do you get all this information using a Google Alert?

 

[bdw]

Yaaaawwwn - no.

 

[Dawg]

So, the same old yawwnnn.
That was a joke bdw, remember fun? But I suppose to an obsessive that would be easy to miss.
Boring old scrote.

 

[bdw]

Fun over then? I see you have reverted back to your insulting, offensive mode.

Yaaaawwwn! So predictable.

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[Dawg]

Only in response to the inevitable dullness of your replies my little chickadee.
The ineffable brilliance of 'yaaaawwnnn' is top of your repertoire of wit and repartee I'm sure: such insight, such razor sharp thought.
Still, must move on and let you get on with your fascinating catalogue of provincial Korean policemen having a go at the evil overlord Google.

 

[bdw]

yaaaawwwn!

 

[Dawg]

I rest my case.
(If you Google Thesaurus you will find other words for yaawnn....)

 

[bdw]

Snooooorrre.

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[Dawg]

touche!...

 

[FaerieB]

Quick wake up guys .... BREAKING NEWS ......




























They're tasting cocktails on this morning x

 

[bdw]

The Filter Bubble

If you have nine minutes to spare this is a really interesting video about how Google and Facebook etc. can deliver results based on what they think you should see and how this could colour your future thinking.

http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html

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[bdw]

Google Busted for Copyright Violation in Belgium

http://www.pcworld.com/article/227379/google_busted_for_copyright_violation_in_belgium.html

 

[bdw]

Google could face a $500million bill if a U.S. Justice Department investigation finds the Internet's most powerful company breaches competition laws.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aws-favouring-services-ads.html#ixzz1M51K4T94
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[directmarketingadvice]

Facebook paid PR firm to smear Google

Burson-Marsteller, one of the world's largest PR firms, attempted to get USA Today, the Washington Post and other high profile US news outlets to write scaremongering stories about Google's privacy policies.

Steve

 

[Deleted member 59730]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13422308

 

[bdw]

Eric talking Schmidt again!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20063963-261.html

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[movietub]

This thread still going on? Has anyone found any evidence yet that Google has collected any data from anyone without their permission? And I don't count the accidental and frankly useless data they logged to a minuscule degree whilst providing a first of its kind record of our planet.

Of course they watch your browsing habits and 'sell' to you (by proxy via others adverts). I have a shop and I sell to my customers taking into account what I have seen them looking at!!! Can someone please explain the difference? Just scared because it's virtual and you can't 'see' it happening in real time?

 

[bdw]

This thread still going on? Has anyone found any evidence yet that Google has collected any data from anyone without their permission?

You have not been paying attention. Read the thread.

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